On the recordOctober 1, 1997
The fact is that when there is an instance where there is a conservation action that may take place with regard to wilderness designation or park designation, we have a group of individuals in this country that will go on seeking mineral leasing, seeking permits, simply with the effort to in fact frustrate, and at great expense to the taxpayer. We have to go back at that particular point if we want to achieve the conservation, the preservation of that land, and pay for what the taxpayer already owns, that is, the Federal Government already has. We have to go back and pay, basically, in essence being blackmailed in these instances in order to conserve these lands. That is wrong.
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