The bill will do more damage to people than good, especially in rural America. People will be forced to sell their land for federal land acquisition.
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The Park Service has been arrogant for a very, very long time. They are a cloistered, almost cult-like society. The Park Service doesn't believe it needs to listen to what Congress is telling them. They think, 'We know better how to define the law.' They have a whole history of using parks as a tool to lock up land.Chuck Cushman
Gale Norton has been a great advocate of protecting private property rights and improving the public's access to public lands. She has been a friend and ally of our movement. She has several major accomplishments, including the Healthy Forests Act which protects both people and forests from out of control wildfires, endorsing Endangered Species Act reforms to make the law work for a change, sharply reducing federal land acquisition because the government already owns too much, and greatly increasing the role of land owners and local elected officials in decision making processes.
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If I find gold on my property, my property value goes up. If I find a spotted owl on my property, my property value goes down. This bill changes that equation.
Chuck Cushman
Anything less may generate opposition to the nomination from the president's own supporters.
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On a number of occasions, he sliced people down. The tribe's lawyers were not able to shake my testimony.
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