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Dale Bumpers: That is the very point I am getting ready to make. Simply because somebody drove a covered wagon or group of covered…

On the recordMay 7, 1997
That is the very point I am getting ready to make. Simply because somebody drove a covered wagon or group of covered wagons over land heading west, or it was a footpath used by people who walked on it, to suggest those paths now constitute a highway, simply by mowing weeds on it, by moving a few rocks and showing that you did some construction, how foolish can we be?
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Discussing the definition and implications of what constitutes a highway.

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