Political Quotes

“Section 304 of this legislation includes 'recreation and fish and wildlife mitigation' as purposes of the White River Basin Lakes project approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218.). There are some in my State who have voiced strong concern that this provision may impact adversely the currently authorized project purposes of flood control, power generation, and other purposes. They fear that the outcome may be loss in generation capacity or energy production which would increase the costs to ratepayers and adversely affect the region's citizens. The Senate language, however, explicitly authorizes these new purposes 'to the extent that the purposes do not adversely impact flood control, power generation, or other authorized purposes of the project.' Is it the intent of the Senators from Arkansas, who sponsored this provision, that this provision forbids any adverse impacts on currently authorized projects?”