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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
We ought to be prioritizing, you know, nice to, necessary, economic development or whatever, and then life threatening.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need to prioritize life-threatening levee improvements over other projects.

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