Bruce F. Vento: “Mr. Chairman, I believe that no matter, the Taylor Grazing Act, as the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Smith], our chairman…”

“Mr. Chairman, I believe that no matter, the Taylor Grazing Act, as the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Smith], our chairman and friend, related to us, obviously did not anticipate that foreign nationals would indeed be awarded the Federal grazing permits and allotments. Here it is not just a matter of a son of an immigrant as an example that was not naturalized and had not achieved citizenship yet having that particular option, but what is assumed here is that these are actually corporations and entities that are being treated as a person but are really, in essence, subsidiaries or actually the basic holding company of an international organization registered abroad. And, of course, when we go through the laundry list of who this is, and the system of these operations, we readily recognize that we are looking at vertical integration. They want to raise the beef themselves on U.S. public lands at low rates, subsidized rates, and in fact then process it and remove it to their home market. So it is, I believe; and I think the numbers indicate that the cost of managing the grazing program on our Federal lands is nearly three times the cost, at least three times the cost of what is actually received by virtue of these fees.”