[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 453]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             TIME FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE ACTION

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, well, the lights and the heat are on at the 
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, illegally occupied by ultra 
rightwing, antigovernment extremists. But you have to wonder if the 
lights are on or anybody is home down there at the Justice Department. 
Hello? I don't think there is anybody there.
  I believe that this illegal occupation, this destruction of Federal 
property, was directly emboldened by the fact that the father of the 
two leaders, Cliven Bundy, stood down the government 2 years ago when 
he owed $1 million.
  Other ranchers pay their grazing fees, and he refuses to do it. He 
was grazing in areas that were prohibited. He stood down the government 
at the point of a gun, and he is still illegally grazing.
  Nobody--nobody--at the Justice Department has seen fit to lift a 
finger against him. There is no ongoing prosecution. They haven't put a 
lien on his cattle.
  He celebrated the anniversary of the takeover and said: This is how 
it is done.
  Now his sons are replicating that in my State of Oregon, where we 
abide by the laws. Yes, we disagree over a lot of Federal policies, but 
we abide by the laws.
  It is time for the Justice Department to take some action. Wake up 
down there.

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