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...
believe best chance country energy face guys increase last looking natural production shortage
A lot of guys were really upset. Looking at what we face as a country right now, with escalating energy prices, the shortage of natural gas, a lot of guys believe that this is our last best chance to increase American production of energy.
care dams following law systems trying whatever work
You're not excusing them from following the law, you're just trying to make the law work so that they can take care of the levee systems or the dams or whatever it is,
america domestic increase month mother nature proved supply vulnerable
This month Mother Nature proved just how vulnerable America is to supply disruptions, ... We must do more to increase and to diversify domestic supplies.
bring diverse energy future increased lead prevent price supplies
This legislation will lead to increased and more diverse U.S. energy supplies to prevent disruptions and to bring future price relief,
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.
aggressive consumers domestic energy generate increasing measure raises revenue sam supplies taxpayers time uncle
This is an aggressive deficit-cutting measure that raises revenue for Uncle Sam so Uncle Sam doesn't take it from the taxpayers themselves. We will generate these new revenues by increasing domestic energy supplies at a time when American consumers need them most.
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,
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.
endangered failed goal produce recovery share
has failed to produce the goal all Americans share the recovery of endangered species.
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.
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 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.