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David Vitter: “So, given that, is not the general concept of Pump to the River to move a significant volume of water in a whole other…”

On the recordJune 15, 2009
So, given that, is not the general concept of Pump to the River to move a significant volume of water in a whole other direction and avoid the 17th Street Canal, a reasonable compensation for that enormous loss from the capacity we thought we had before Katrina?
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Vitter questions the effectiveness of current flood protection measures post-Katrina.

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