34 Quotes by Richard Pombo

We knew the Endangered Species Act had problems, ... We knew there were things that needed to get fixed, that weren't working in current law.

You cannot continue to oppose any new (energy) resource development in this country.

What we are doing now is not working,

What can we possibly have to roll back? ... It's not working.

assures me the state of Alaska will stay with the 50-50 that is in the underlying bill.

Do these sound like the statistics of a successful law? Of course not,

Floridians cannot support your efforts if the Peterson-Abercrombie amendment remains a part of your bill.

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,

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.