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Don Nickles: I just don't think we should mandate that it be the southern route. It may well be, due to the information our…

On the recordMarch 6, 2002
I just don't think we should mandate that it be the southern route. It may well be, due to the information our colleagues have had, the southern route is the preferred route. I am not saying it is not. I just don't think it should be mandated by this legislation that it be the southern route, when we may find out that it costs twice as much as some other alternative.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Discussing the routing options for a proposed legislation.

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