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Robert Smith: Mr. Chairman, there is no, I repeat, there is no reference to private property rights in this bill. None. It conveys…

On the recordOctober 30, 1997
Mr. Chairman, there is no, I repeat, there is no reference to private property rights in this bill. None. It conveys nothing. It yields nothing. There are eight large corporations that the gentlewoman from Oregon mentioned. There are 23,000 medium-sized ranches that depend upon this bill.
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Robert Smith
Oregon

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Discussing the implications of a bill on private property rights and ranches.

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