Mark Hatfield: “For the record, I want to make a slight comparison between the State of New Jersey, which he represents so ably, and the…”

“For the record, I want to make a slight comparison between the State of New Jersey, which he represents so ably, and the State of Oregon. But I do not want to do it State by State--that is, State in comparison to State. I want to compare the State of New Jersey to one county in Oregon, Harney County. Mr. President, Harney County has 6 million acres of land, or 9,375 square miles--in one county. The State of New Jersey has 7,468 square miles. That is the State of New Jersey versus one county in Oregon. That one county in Oregon, which is Harney, has 74 percent, or 5 million acres, of Federal ownership. That equates to 7,812 square miles within the county. So the Federal ownership within one county of Oregon is larger than the whole State of New Jersey. It sort of reminds me of the Constitutional Convention, the big States and the small States, and the debate of how we were going to represent them in the U.S. Congress.”