On the recordJuly 24, 2013
In 2008 this subcommittee held a similar hearing and we learned then that the maintenance backlog for the Bureau of Reclamation's water facilities alone exceeded $3.2 billion.
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Schatz highlights the ongoing issue of maintenance backlog in water facilities.
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