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Mr. DOOLEY. Just one final comment. As we move forward with 

 considering this legislation, I have some concerns as a member of 

 the full Agriculture Committee on what appears to be almost two 

 separate issues. We have the issue of do we want to, in fact, protect 

 a certain amount of land that has a unique resource on it, and I 

 am somewhat troubled by some of the questions that I heard ear- 

 lier today dealing with what has to be the financing of a private 

 company. 



As a farmer who invests in farmland that incurs debt, I question 

 whether or not we want to set a precedent on dealing with the fi- 

 nancial conditions and that being the impetus for developing pro- 

 tection for certain lands and hopefully we can focus on whether or 

 not this is a unique resource that needs to be protected and how 

 we will finance it. 



With that, I thank all the people who participated in this panel 

 and encourage your continued participation in trjdng to find a reso- 

 lution to this issue. 



[Whereupon, at 3:10 p.m., the subcommittee was adjourned to re- 

 convene, subject to the call of the Chair.] 



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