Bill Clinton actually said...

With the State of Alaska, we have converted the large penalty paid by Exxon into lasting protection for salmon streams, fragile coastline, and old-growth forest around Prince William Sound.

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Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oilspill

03/23/1999

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