Dale Bumpers: “I want to make two points, one to the junior Senator from Alaska. When…”

On the recordMay 7, 1997

I want to make two points, one to the junior Senator from Alaska. When he talks about how Bruce Babbitt did all of this behind closed doors last year--with no consultation--last year, the Senator will recall that we tried our very best through a public process to come up with a definition of these roads. As a matter of fact, the Secretary went through the process of trying to develop a rule as to what a road was, issued it for public comment, got over 3,000 comments, and the Senators from Alaska went ballistic and said, ``No, we do not want any part of that. We are not about to let you.'' You remember when we blocked him from proceeding further with that. Then you come here today saying this should have been done in a more sensible way, when it was the Senators from that side of the aisle who stopped him from doing it.

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Dale Bumpers

Arkansas

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the process of defining roads in relation to Bruce Babbitt's actions.

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Dale Bumpers: “I want to make two points, one to the junior Senator from Alaska. When he talks about how Bruce Babbitt did all of this…”

Editor's note · Context