Richard Pombo
Richard Pombo
Richard William Pombois a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Pombo lost a reelection bid to Democratic challenger Jerry McNerney on November 7, 2006...
act desperate endangered family farmers hurt leading property recovery shovel shut species taking trend
The Endangered Species Act is in desperate need of an update, ... It has hurt species recovery by leading to the trend we all know as 'shoot, shovel and shut up.' And it has hurt family farmers and ranchers by taking their property away.
address court issue necessary reached tested underlying
I'm told this is also an issue that has been tested in court and a settlement has been reached and it's not necessary to address the issue in the underlying bill,
anwr bill ultimately
I think the bill ultimately will have ANWR in it.
farm priorities shift
You will see a shift in the priorities in the Farm Bill.
bill chance consensus debating philosophy reach signed spend spent toward type unless work
My philosophy has always been that if you work toward some type of compromise, you've actually got a chance to get the bill signed into law, ... On a lot of issues, we've spent years debating them. Unless we can reach consensus ... we'll spend another 20 years debating them.
course sound statistics successful
Do these sound like the statistics of a successful law? Of course not,
amendment cannot efforts remains support
Floridians cannot support your efforts if the Peterson-Abercrombie amendment remains a part of your bill.
broken deal trying
Obviously, we're approaching this differently than we have in the past, ... trying to deal with a broken system.
bill compromise endangered habitat property protect reasonable small
In our bill we protect the small property owners, ... It was a compromise, a reasonable way to protect endangered species, to protect the habitat which they need to recover.
owners private property
Private property owners have to be part of the solution,
endangered failed goal produce recovery share
has failed to produce the goal all Americans share the recovery of endangered species.
alaska state stay underlying
assures me the state of Alaska will stay with the 50-50 that is in the underlying bill.
authority deep including power prevent resource states ultimate waters
the states should have ultimate authority over resource production, including the power to prevent it, in the deep waters off their coasts.
critical current habitat help system thirty
Thirty years of critical habitat have done very little if anything to help species, ... The current system does not work.