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Raúl Grijalva: Mr. Calkins, in your testimony you repeat the fable that the endangered species protections for the Valley longhorn…

On the recordMarch 27, 2017
Mr. Calkins, in your testimony you repeat the fable that the endangered species protections for the Valley longhorn elderberry beetle caused the failure of the levee on the Feather River in 1997.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva confronts Calkins about misleading claims regarding the Endangered Species Act.

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