Ronald Reagan actually said...

I am transmitting the request for supplemental appropriations by the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1986 in the amount of $31,567,...

The situation appears to be critical.

In a time of extreme budget restraint, it is fully appropriate and equitable to require that all beneficiaries of such reclamation projects ...

Such exemptions are unfair and out of step with the general trend to compensate the Government when its property is used for private purpose...