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Mark Hatfield: Maintaining the safety and environmental quality of this Nation's waterways remain critically important objectives of…

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
Maintaining the safety and environmental quality of this Nation's waterways remain critically important objectives of this subcommittee. The important cost issues raised by the Senators from Louisiana should be carefully considered by the conference committee as well as the completion of a final VTS system.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon

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Discussing the importance of waterway safety and environmental quality in a subcommittee meeting.

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