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Malcolm Wallop: “Is the Senator aware that my amendment adopts all her findings and, therefore, the mining issue, to the extent it…”

On the recordApril 12, 1994
Is the Senator aware that my amendment adopts all her findings and, therefore, the mining issue, to the extent it exists, exists in yours as well as mine? We do not permit mining, just valid existing rights, which yours does. So mining is really a bogus issue, I say.
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Malcolm Wallop
Republican · Wyoming

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Discussing amendments related to mining rights during Senate debate.

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