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Dale Bumpers: I will engage the distinguished manager of the bill in a short colloquy, but let me start off by saying that there are…

On the recordOctober 28, 1997
I will engage the distinguished manager of the bill in a short colloquy, but let me start off by saying that there are parts of this bill that are confusing because any bill of this magnitude obviously has some things that are hard to understand without knowing precisely what was intended. These are fairly arcane questions, usually not very entertaining to anybody except those of us who deal with issues affecting the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. Question No. 1. As I understand it, the U.S. Government will pay $250 million for the Headwaters Forest as provided in the bill; correct?
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Discussing the complexities of a bill related to the Headwaters Forest.

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