11/14/2017
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"Sir, I just want to underline that number. That is 99.25 percent of all lands purchased for the Department of the Interior go for filling in holes that were privately held in the middle of Federal par..."
"I am just very intent, as you might be able to tell, that we not, in effect, convert this statute, this far-seeing visionary act of genius by our forbearers in this institution, to a maintenance fund ..."
"Well some have suggested that the Federal Government is using these tools to expand the footprint of Federal lands in our states."
"There are a lot of proposals that are being pitched as improving access to credit that are really about letting the mortgage industry dig deeper into consumers' pockets."