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Ron Wyden: “Would Teddy Roosevelt be sitting where you are today, advocating the virtual elimination of the Land and Water…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2018
Would Teddy Roosevelt be sitting where you are today, advocating the virtual elimination of the Land and Water Conservation Fund?
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden questions if Teddy Roosevelt would support cutting conservation funding.

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