[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 151 (Friday, December 8, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2158]
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                               H.R. 4828

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2000

  Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with my 
colleagues my understanding of the land exchanges regarding the Steens 
Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 (H.R. 4828) 
that was debated on the House Floor on October 4, 2000.
  I would like the record to indicate that the cash payments to the 
ranchers were designed to compensate the payees for severance damages 
to their remaining property. I want it to be clear that these payments 
are being made for economic losses that the ranchers are suffering from 
their dislocation as a result of the creation of this Wilderness.
  H.R. 4828 was supported by the entire Oregon congressional delegation 
and is the product of a long and hard-fought battle to ensure that 
there was an Oregon solution to an Oregon issue.

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