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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “The challenge for us at this juncture in our history is to ask this question: Who do we trust? Do we trust the American…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
The challenge for us at this juncture in our history is to ask this question: Who do we trust? Do we trust the American people, do we trust local officials, elected by the people close to home, officials elected to State government, the State agencies that have grown up in the last 25 years to confront these problems, or do we always and forever turn these problems over to Washington bureaucrats to offer a Washington solution which may fit Washington, DC, but which might not fit Washington State? that is the essence of the debate that we have on a variety of topics.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York
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Discussing the role of government and local versus federal solutions during a debate on environmental legislation.

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