We ought to be prioritizing, you know, nice to, necessary, economic development or whatever, and then life threatening.
John Garamendi: “We ought to be prioritizing, you know, nice to, necessary, economic development or whatever, and then life threatening.”
On the recordMarch 8, 2017
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Emphasizing the need to prioritize life-threatening levee improvements over other projects.
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