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Bruce Westerman: If you go back to Teddy Roosevelt, he said that conservation means development as much as protection.

On the recordMay 15, 2023
If you go back to Teddy Roosevelt, he said that conservation means development as much as protection.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman emphasizes the dual nature of conservation as both development and protection.

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