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Mark Begich: “By mitigating the future, by moving those homes, we prevented the homes you rebuilt from being flooded.”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2013
By mitigating the future, by moving those homes, we prevented the homes you rebuilt from being flooded.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Discussing the importance of mitigation to prevent future flooding.

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