11/27/1989
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"The Federal role in construction of such facilities should be limited to providing technical assistance."
"The bill's proposed additions to the Big Thicket National Preserve, at an estimated cost of $28,000,000, are not required to protect the Preserve's resources."
"The United States will offer assistance not to prop up the status quo but to propel reform."
"It means jobs, innovation, progress."