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...
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.
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.
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,
bill private property protect protecting purpose species willing
The purpose of this bill is to protect my private property owners, ... and to make them willing participants in protecting species and their habitat.
endangered failed goal produce recovery share
has failed to produce the goal all Americans share the recovery of endangered species.
anwr bill ultimately
I think the bill ultimately will have ANWR in it.
five four picking pulling votes
Picking up four or five votes by pulling (arctic drilling) doesn't make up for the 25 or 30 votes you're going to lose,
act failure focus private property protect recovering recovery respond step
The act has been a failure at recovering species, ... We have to respond to that and step in and reauthorize the bill, put the focus on recovery and protect private property owners.
federal government land pay screaming takes wildlife
If the federal government comes and takes someone's land, we all pay for it, ... If we take land to make a wildlife refuge, we pay for it. No one's down here screaming that's (the government's) entitlement.
What we are doing now is not working,
possibly roll
What can we possibly have to roll back? ... It's not working.
amendment cannot efforts remains support
Floridians cannot support your efforts if the Peterson-Abercrombie amendment remains a part of your bill.
act endangered good land pay public species taking
Everything we do when it comes to taking land for a public good or a public use, we pay them for it. But when it comes to the Endangered Species Act right now they get it for nothing, so they don't want to have to pay for it,
anyone defend gotten paying private property public taking wrong
There's something wrong with that, and I don't know how anyone can defend taking someone's private property for a public use, for the public good, and not paying them for it just because you've gotten away with it for 32 years.