James Traficant: “I believe when the Federal Government takes an action which limits the use of or damages the property of a citizen, the…”

“I believe when the Federal Government takes an action which limits the use of or damages the property of a citizen, the Federal agency should in fact be responsible for ensuring they be made whole. I support the bill, but I do not believe this bill in its current form really is in the total best interests of all of the people we represent. Not all of our constituents have accountants and attorneys. If this bill becomes law, those big corporations and all those people have all those legal eagles and they are going to advise them exactly what to do and what is available to them and how to go about it, but the average citizen may not even know there is an action taken which may have in the future caused them to lose money. My amendment says that when a Federal agency takes an action that causes an American to have their property use restricted or to lose value, that the agency shall give notice to the owners of that property explaining their rights under the law and then, second of all, the procedures that they can use for obtaining any compensation if they are eligible for it. Now, if this is not fairness, I want someone to tell me what fairness is.”