Richard Pombo
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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...
farm priorities shift
You will see a shift in the priorities in the Farm Bill.
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.
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.
possibly roll
What can we possibly have to roll back? ... It's not working.
compromise control current greater law protects reach states
What we were able to do was reach a compromise where states would have much greater control over their coastlines than what they do under current law and current regulation, ... It protects those states who do want to protect their coastline and don't want to have more coastal development.