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<br />. fashioned by a' conference. com-
<br />miltee. He said the amendment's
<br />derc3t in the Ifou~e would se~
<br />riously jeopardize their chances of.
<br />doing that.
<br />"Here he is, a Democratic con-;_..
<br />gressman with. a Democratic.
<br />speaker (House Speal,er Thomas,
<br />O'NeIll!. You'd',almost thInk he
<br />would say 'Hey, postpone this'
<br />thing a week. We've got it moving
<br />in another vehicle.' But now we've
<br />'got a \'ote lhat's 314 to 67 and
<br />trying to keep it in another ve- .
<br />hide becomes that much more.
<br />difficult." Andrews ..id.
<br />-'--. "Ily bringing it up when he did
<br />. at the worst possible tIme -
<br />, he's made 'It extremely dificult for
<br />I"" us to carry it through in the con.
<br />tinuing resolution. ... .
<br />"Had he just kept it off the noor.,' "I think 'it's a serious setback,"
<br />another 24 hours, we would have Dorgan said. .'
<br />been through and I can't imagine, 'Richard Madson, regional vIce
<br />why he didn't do that." . . " president Cor the National' Audu-
<br />Counte,ed Dorgan: "I' 'did bon Society, was cheered by.the
<br />e\'::::rylhi::g I could with the lead~ ... Garrison amendmenfs defeat. .,_:
<br />ership in the House."I talked to" "In one line, we're exhausted
<br />all of the leadership people, but andel'lted," lIladson 'said, "We
<br />the fact is the ,consideratio'ns of ~ mou'nted one oC the'most intensive
<br />what is considered on the noor of ,: national' campaigns' not only that
<br />the House were far larger than. our society, but" ~other con.
<br />the Garrison issue. servation organizations as. well,
<br />"The fact is the tail doesn't wag have mounted all year.", ,; ,"
<br />the dog. The Garrison issue was Terming the. debate "the' most
<br />such a .mall part of this large ap- vigorous debale r've ever watched
<br />propriations bill, and the. decision' in ll'!e House of , Representatives,"'
<br />of the leade<ship to bring that bill Madson said: "I would predict it
<br />to thc floor had nothing to do with" will not only endanger .funding In
<br />Garrison. ... the house, it should eliminate it:'
<br />"Congress i~ not going to be The AuduLon Society favors
<br />changing its agenda substantially junking Garrison Diversion~. re-
<br />for-a $4 million issue. That just evaluating water, needs' and
<br />doesn't happen. Mark knows sources in the state, .and consid-
<br />that." . "ring other water projects.- in-
<br />Dorgan said he belie\'es the. eluding a pipeline system -'as'al-
<br />Garrison amendment could have ternatives, Mads')" said.
<br />i:)cen approved if it hall been i
<br />aoned an!y to the. contiEuing reso- ,.
<br />Julion.
<br />Adding it onto an appropriations .l
<br />bi!! mt.:.1nt that oppoilents in the 1
<br />Hou~e (,(lUlr' geparille it from tht:'
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<br />House. I would have expected,
<br />had he had some suggestions or
<br />criticisms, that he certainly would
<br />h::lv~ pa,)sf~d them on to me in a
<br />constructive way.
<br />"For him, now after the vote, to
<br />issue srcond-guesses...is more a
<br />statcmCilt about him than, I
<br />guess, about me."
<br />AndrcVts said he and Burdick
<br />would try Lo have the pro.Garri-
<br />son aml~ndment added to the con-
<br />tinuing resolution bill, the emer-
<br />genc)' ~rp.!lriing mCi1s:Jrc being
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<br />_c.
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<br />. main bill f~r a v~te; Dorgan said.
<br />"This was the only water proj-
<br />ect in the nation thal w3s'..avaiJ-
<br />able for a separate vote today be-
<br />cause ~! the special languag~I"
<br />Dorgan said. "Every environmen-
<br />tal group in the country, plus _the
<br />wildliCe' Cederation, plus the. na-
<br />. tional taxpayers union"':"" I me.an
<br />.they all focused all oC their efCods
<br />on this one issue, ... .. -:....~:.:
<br />-. "Look. the two senators in-
<br />itiated this. They rut the language
<br />in ov.er in the Senate. I made it
<br />clear that it was going to be diCfi-
<br />cult, vei)" difficuil La get this kind
<br />of language through the House.
<br />They decided. they wanted to go
<br />with it anyway, and that's their
<br />:.. prerogrative."
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