Bob Menendez said "This amendment protects private property from unjust seizure by foreign corporations using eminent domain proceedings against the will of those who are not willing sellers. Let me read a letter from the Nebraska landowners to the majority leader. Dear Senator McConnell, our farms and ranches are definitely at risk of tar sands and benzene spills. We ask, even knowing that you support the Keystone Pipeline, that you vote for Senator Menendez's amendment that makes it clear TransCanada cannot take land from unwilling sellers. We ask you to stand up for our property rights and not permit eminent domain be used for private gain. I wish to yield the remainder of my time to Senator Tester. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 22, 2015

This amendment protects private property from unjust seizure by foreign corporations using eminent domain proceedings against the will of those who are not willing sellers. Let me read a letter from the Nebraska landowners to the majority leader. Dear Senator McConnell, our farms and ranches are definitely at risk of tar sands and benzene spills. We ask, even knowing that you support the Keystone Pipeline, that you vote for Senator Menendez's amendment that makes it clear TransCanada cannot take land from unwilling sellers. We ask you to stand up for our property rights and not permit eminent domain be used for private gain. I wish to yield the remainder of my time to Senator Tester. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

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Bob Menendez

Democratic · New Jersey

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