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On the recordApril 21, 2015
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 park lands.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the high percentage of land acquisitions for inholdings.

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