Harry Truman actually said...

It seems to me highly questionable to approve the inclusion of such benefits with respect to this one project before the Congress has reviewed the desirability of making charges to such benefits generally possible under basic reclamation law.

Context

Veto of Bill for the Construction and Operation of the Vermejo Reclamation Project, New Mexico.

08/22/1949

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