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Tom McClintock: “From 1979, Reclamation has not completed a single major dam, if you define that as over 250,000 acre-feet of storage…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
From 1979, Reclamation has not completed a single major dam, if you define that as over 250,000 acre-feet of storage capacity
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock highlights the lack of major dam completions since 1979.

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