If Mother Nature and the market determine that there's no there there, then let's acknowledge reality for what it is and move on. Low potential lands can help us advance bipartisan conservation, recreation and renewable energy goals if and only if they are not locked up by oil and gas speculators at bargain basement prices. I urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment and make this bill better for the taxpayers who sent us here. Thank you. (01:36–01:53)
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Asserts that low potential lands can aid conservation and renewable energy goals if not leased cheaply to speculators.
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