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Pete Domenici: Mr. President, let me suggest that this amendment with reference to grazing fees, if it were adopted and if it becomes…

On the recordMarch 21, 1996
Mr. President, let me suggest that this amendment with reference to grazing fees, if it were adopted and if it becomes law, would put out of business, in this Senator's opinion, hundreds and hundreds of small ranches and ranching families that have been the backbone of this kind of activity for a long time.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing the potential impact of an amendment on small ranches during Senate floor debate.

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