01/09/2000
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"Water cannot wash that away, and fire cannot burn that away, and a blizzard cannot freeze that away."
"This is not an ordinary disaster, if there is such a thing."
"I think the American people are with the people of North Dakota, and I think we'll do what we have to do."
"Believe me, everybody in Congress—I think virtually everybody will be sympathetic to this request."