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Dick Durbin: “We have to go at this as if we were at war. The viability of the Great Lakes is at stake.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2010
We have to go at this as if we were at war. The viability of the Great Lakes is at stake.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes urgency in addressing the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes.

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