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On the recordNovember 18, 2019
I want to strongly emphasize that a conversation about resiliency and planning for the future means nothing if the Corps is not completing projects currently on the books.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Emphasizing the importance of completing existing projects for effective resiliency planning.

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