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Lee Terry: “We do not feel that a foreign corporation has any right to take our land for their private use and gain, especially when…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
We do not feel that a foreign corporation has any right to take our land for their private use and gain, especially when there has been no determination that this project is in the national interest.
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Lee Terry
Nebraska

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Terry defends local property rights against foreign corporate interests.

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