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Mary Landrieu: “The people of my State cannot even begin to understand the position of this Administration to support, not 50 percent…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
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.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Landrieu criticizes the administration's support for revenue retention favoring inland states over coastal states.

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