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Harry Reid: “Absolutely not; because as you know--maybe the Senator from Arkansas didn't understand my answer. Maybe he did not want…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
Absolutely not; because as you know--maybe the Senator from Arkansas didn't understand my answer. Maybe he did not want to understand the answer. The fact is, as I have explained, the area of land where they have the lease and are paying royalties on land that was patented a long time ago. They didn't have to spend any money to develop that. It was right there. They did not have to spend money to get a patent. It was already patented. In modern-day mining it costs a lot of money to patent a claim. It didn't use to. It does now.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Discussing land leases and royalties in relation to mining patents.

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