On the recordMay 22, 1998
It is all well and good to complain about policy and about mistakes or projects that one disagrees with, but we ought to do so on the basis of fact. It is just simply fact that in order to get to one part of Alaska from another part of Alaska you have to go through Canada. It is just that simple. I have been there. I know it. Furthermore, this is not without precedent. In order to relieve flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota, many years ago the Congress approved flood control works in Canada in order to relieve pressure in the United States on North Dakota and Minnesota and the Red River Valley. So there are many other things that my good friend from Wisconsin could justify he may be opposed to, but I do think we ought to express the facts.
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