On the recordJuly 23, 2018
I agree with the gentleman. The standard way in which someone can vindicate rights is to sue. If the local government wants to abuse the rights of a homeowner, let's say, by an improper taking, the proper way for us to help is to give them the right to sue and to get injunctive relief. Let them go into Federal court and get an injunction which says: Do not tear down the building. Do not take away title. You can't do it because this is too broad a use of taking. It is a violation of the Fifth Amendment. This bill won't actually help that person because it gives them no rights except the right after they have lost the property. It gives them the right to go to court and not get any relief for themselves, not get the property back, not get any monetary damages, not get an injunction. It gives them the right to go into court and seek to block financial aid to the community. So they can say, ``I took revenge on the community,'' but what is the point? It doesn't help them.
