[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: October 6, 1994]
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                        PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 1994

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, for 40 years big Government has ridden 
roughshod over our private property rights. The liberal leadership's 
heavy-handed brand of environmental regulation hurts average Americans. 
My constituents suffer the consequences as overzealous Federal 
bureaucrats administer costly, outdated regulations.
  In recent decades regulatory agencies, and even legislatures, have 
abused their powers. These days human rights take a back seat to animal 
rights. Mandates and regulations protect rodents, shrimp, owls, and 
birds, but harm humans. The devastating results include: loss of 
private property, job loss, and even human loss.
  We must look to strike a balance between the need to protect our 
environment and the need to protect ourselves. The contract I signed 
with the American people last week seeks to do just this.
  A Republican controlled Congress will vote on reforms designed to 
restore our private property rights and bring some sanity back into the 
environmental protection process. Measures requiring Federal agencies 
to assess risk, report cost, and complete regulatory impact statements 
before implementing legislation will come to the floor for a vote.
  This agenda works for the American people, not against them. It 
restores our Founding Fathers' conviction that Government act to 
protect our rights--not violate them.

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