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Sherwood Boehlert: “Let me stress once again on agriculture, solely by the Secretary of Agriculture, not some commission, but the commission…”

On the recordMay 10, 1995
Let me stress once again on agriculture, solely by the Secretary of Agriculture, not some commission, but the commission that is set up outside of this to deal with nonagricultural lands is set up to give guidance to the States. The National Governors' Association, we have embraced in our substitute specific language of the National Governors' Association dealing with the subject of wetlands. We agree with you, we want to give our Governors, those are the laboratories, we want to give them more responsibility, more flexibility.
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Sherwood Boehlert
New York
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the role of the Secretary of Agriculture and state governors in managing wetlands.

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