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On the recordMarch 12, 2018
I am quite certain that Teddy Roosevelt would not be here defending the virtual elimination of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden asserts Roosevelt would oppose the elimination of conservation funding.

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