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Don Young: “As I have said, I have left the Tongass, as the gentleman from Washington will say, out of this bill. We have reached an…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1998
As I have said, I have left the Tongass, as the gentleman from Washington will say, out of this bill. We have reached an agreement on our side with those people that do not like road purchases of credit, et cetera, et cetera. We reached that agreement, so that is not in the bill. That has been agreed to. Now the gentleman from California's amendment comes along and very frankly breaches that agreement. So I want to say, in all respects, if you open this box the agreement is off as far as the future in the conference.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing an agreement related to the Tongass in the context of a bill.

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