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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
Funds that ought to be going to water and power development are instead being squandered on subsidizing low-flow toilets, salmon festivals, tiger salamander studies.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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Accusing the government of misallocating funds away from essential water and power projects.

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