George Miller: “I understand that. And that is the whole budget. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) has been besieged by people all…”

“I understand that. And that is the whole budget. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) has been besieged by people all day who said the real cost of this is $350 million. He only had $26 million. We are going to do the best we can. This delegation will have to make a decision. We have a big bill and the Everglades has a big bill and other places have a big bill that are going through this. Every year we are asking for money and we are making it and we are trying to make the decisions and work in the worst areas first and we are setting those priorities. It is all a big bill. Why? Because we have made some horrible mistakes. Many of those mistakes were made out of ignorance. We did not know the science. We did not know the ramifications of those actions. Today we cannot plead ignorance. That is why this study, the EIS is so terribly important to making the kind of progress necessary in the Pacific Northwest.”