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Asa Hutchinson: “with mutual respect for Senator Dodd's opposition to this amendment, three times my distinguished colleague has…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
with mutual respect for Senator Dodd's opposition to this amendment, three times my distinguished colleague has suggested that a vote for the Hutchinson amendment will be a vote not to participate in the American heritage rivers initiative. I assure my colleagues, and I hope that Senator Dodd will join me in assuring my colleagues, that this process is not so political that casting a vote for an amendment designed to protect the private property owners would somehow jeopardize later approval or selection as an American heritage river. It is simply not the case.
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Asa Hutchinson
Arkansas
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the Hutchinson amendment and its impact on the American heritage rivers initiative.

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