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On the recordJuly 21, 2013
That sounds like pretty good policy, does it not? If Congress authorizes a dam for a series of purposes, the Corps of Engineers does not have the authority to alter that purpose, does it?
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions questions the authority of the Corps of Engineers regarding project purposes.

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