Richard Nixon actually said...

The primary responsibility of each commission is to develop plans for the best use of its water and related land resources, and to recommend priorities for implementing its plans.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Reports of Five River Basin Commissions.

06/11/1972

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