The people of my State cannot even begin to understand the position of this Administration to support, not 50 percent, 90 percent retention basically, of revenues to interior States that do not experience land loss, sink-age.
Mary Landrieu: “The people of my State cannot even begin to understand the position of this Administration to support, not 50 percent…”
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Landrieu criticizes the administration's support for revenue retention favoring inland states over coastal states.
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