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Angie Craig: I guess I can say at the outset that the only thing I arrive at in trying to consider a $34 million cut in a very…

On the recordSeptember 13, 1999
I guess I can say at the outset that the only thing I arrive at in trying to consider a $34 million cut in a very essential program to the U.S. Forest Service... is "frustration" over the lack of understanding by a Senator from Nevada who is responsible for representing his State which is predominately a public lands State where grazing on public lands and mining the natural resources from those public lands are two of the primary economies of that State, that he would not be supportive of programs within the U.S. Forest Service that deal with public land resources in an appropriate and responsible way.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Debating the Interior appropriations bill and proposed amendments regarding funding for the U.S. Forest Service.

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