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Dale Bumpers: “Were we to follow the Senator's logic to its logical conclusion, would this not be a fair summary, that it costs…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
Were we to follow the Senator's logic to its logical conclusion, would this not be a fair summary, that it costs millions of dollars to develop land belonging to the United States but nothing to develop lands that belong to private interests?
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Questioning the economic implications of land development policies during a Senate debate.

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