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Sherwood Boehlert: “I think the gentleman is performing a very valuable public service by this colloquy, because we are enlightening future…”

On the recordApril 24, 1996
I think the gentleman is performing a very valuable public service by this colloquy, because we are enlightening future generations with this exchange. My clear intent is to deal with new refuges of more than 500 acres, and then if you expand them. But the illustration the gentleman just gave us, 200 acres, which they have the authority to acquire immediately right now, if next year in their wisdom they decide to acquire 20 more acres, no problem, you do not have to come up to the people's House to ask our permission to do so. We do not have to have any hearings. We just proceed.
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Sherwood Boehlert
New York
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Discussing the authority to acquire land for new refuges during a floor debate.

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