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Jack Fields: “The individual who is developing a piece of property or building a home on a piece of property or have a home on a piece…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1995
The individual who is developing a piece of property or building a home on a piece of property or have a home on a piece of property already built, they have the same rights. If the Government walks in and takes the value of that property to the limits set out in this legislation, they are due compensation. If I hurt you as an adjoining landowner or if I hurt your downstream interest, you have a cause of action against me in court. The Federal Government has not stepped in and given me any particular advantage.
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Jack Fields
Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing property rights and government compensation during a legislative debate.

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