I just want to make a note that the argument that this is like a taking does not hold any water--excuse the pun--because a 1992 case in the Supreme Court determined that rules like this actually do not qualify as a taking under the U.S. Constitution or under U.S. law. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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