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Louie Gohmert: At a time when we're billions of dollars behind on what we need to spend to keep up our parks and the Federal land…

On the recordJuly 30, 2010
At a time when we're billions of dollars behind on what we need to spend to keep up our parks and the Federal land that's owned right now, this bill irresponsibly adds $900 million per year for 30 years. It's not enough that we're going to put children in debt for generations; now we're going to keep spending money they don't want spent. They want us to stop the bleeding so the body can get healthy again. One thing about this CLEAR Act is clear: It's going to cause more people to lose jobs, it's going to hurt more State and local governments by buying more land the Federal Government can't take care of, but takes that land off the rolls. Please, for goodness sake, let's stop the bleeding--and in this case the gushing forth of this Nation's blood and its tax dollars--and vote this down.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Jul 30, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Gohmert criticizes a bill that increases federal spending on land acquisition amid budget deficits.

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