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<br />~ <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF RICHARD D. LAMM <br /> <br />GOVERNOR OF COLORADO <br /> <br />FRUITLAND MESA, ~LORES, SAVERY-POT HOOK PROJECTS <br />GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO <br />MARCH 21, 1977 <br /> <br />GENTLEf.H: <br /> <br />SELDOM HAVE THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO EXPRESSED SUCH <br /> <br />corJCERN AND DIS~1AY AS OVER THE RECEfn ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT IN DELETIfJr, <br /> <br />FROM HIS BUDGET THE FRU ITLAf-lD MESA, DOLORES MID SAVERY -POT HOOK HATER <br /> <br />PROJECTS. THIS CONCERN IS NOT ONLY OVER THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PRESIDENT'S <br /> <br />ACT! on BUT ALSO THE PROCESS THAT WAS FOLLOHED I N PEACH I riG HIS DECI S ION , <br /> <br />IN RECErn YEARS, COLORADO HAS URGED A PARHIERSHIP 14ITH THE FEDERAL <br /> <br />GOVERNr1ENT ON NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES \'/HEREBY THE STATE \'fOLU1 HAVE AN <br /> <br />ACTIVE VOICE IrJ THE NUMEROUS FEDERAL PROGRAr~S THAT I~PACT OUR STATE. <br /> <br />TO THAT END, cmlS IDERABLE PROGRESS HAS RESULTED OVER THESE PAST YEARS <br /> <br />\'lITH COLORADO'S VOICE BECOmNG A MORE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE FEDERAL <br /> <br />DEets ION-MAKING PROCESS, BUT THE EVENTS OF THE PAST THREE HEEKS HAVE <br /> <br />COME AS A PROFourm SHOCK Arm D I SAPPOI NH1Ern TO US. THE RECORD SPE/l,KS FOR <br /> <br />ITSELFj THREE PROJECTS VITAL TO THE WELL BEING OF THIS STATE AND PLANNED <br /> <br />OVER LITERALLY DECADES, HERE SUDDENLY DELETED IN A HHOLESALE FASHION. <br />