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shoot, shovel and shut up.

Richard Pombo

 

A lot of guys were really upset. Looking at what we face as a country right now, with escalating energy prices, the shortage of natural gas, a lot of guys believe that this is our last best chance to increase American production of energy.

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 Country

In our bill, we protect the small property owners. Yes we do. You know what? We should. If the federal government steps in and takes someone's land for a highway, we pay for it. And I don't see people running down here saying `it's an entitlement',

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If the federal government takes the land,

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 Government

This legislation will lead to increased and more diverse U.S. energy supplies to prevent disruptions and to bring future price relief,

Richard Pombo

 Energy

Picking up four or five votes by pulling (arctic drilling) doesn't make up for the 25 or 30 votes you're going to lose,

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You've got to pay when you take away somebody's private property. That is what we have to do. The only way this is going to work is if we bring in property owners to be part of the solution and to be part of recovering those species.

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Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas.

Richard Pombo

 English Musician

There's something wrong with that, and I don't know how anyone can defend taking someone's private property for a public use, for the public good, and not paying them for it just because you've gotten away with it for 32 years.

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What we were able to do was reach a compromise where states would have much greater control over their coastlines than what they do under current law and current regulation, ... It protects those states who do want to protect their coastline and don't want to have more coastal development.

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 Compromise