Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-017-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the vote in the U.S. Senate to defeat an increase to grazing fees, which are fees paid by ranchers who graze their cattle on federal land. Senator Kennedy refers to the current grazing fee as a federal subsidy to ranchers. The episode aired on Tuesday, September 8, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.