Lincoln Chafee: “Let me finish, if I might. I have here a letter, dated July 10, as I was saying just before the Senator from Utah came…”

“Let me finish, if I might. I have here a letter, dated July 10, as I was saying just before the Senator from Utah came in. This is not some musty letter I dragged out of the files from a couple of years ago. This was written 3 days ago. In it, it says: We believe the proposed legislation, including the proposed technical amendments [i.e. those you have been referring to] would fundamentally interfere with the preemptive traditional and historic rights. And who signed it? Well, the Governor George Voinovich, chairman, National Governors' Association; Richard Finan, president, Ohio State Senate and president, National Conference of State Legislatures; Randy Johnson, president, National Association of Counties; Councilmember Brian O'Neill of Philadelphia, president, National League of Cities; and then, of course the mayor of Salt Lake City. Here is her signature, Deedee Corradini. I am sure she is a very able, intelligent, and fine lady, and an excellent administrator. So she directs this to all Senators. I am sure the Senator has received a copy. Now, Madam President, let me just say this. In each of our cities and each of our States, we have a system for resolving zoning problems, for example.…”