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Sam Graves: tearing down a levee that saved people and replacing it with one that didn't has got to be one of the biggest wastes of…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
tearing down a levee that saved people and replacing it with one that didn't has got to be one of the biggest wastes of taxpayer dollars I have ever heard of.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

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Graves criticizes the decision to lower levee heights, impacting flood protection.

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