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Byron Dorgan: “Why would there not have been the same feasible alternatives in 1985 that there were in 1967?”

On the recordNovember 11, 2009
Why would there not have been the same feasible alternatives in 1985 that there were in 1967?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Dorgan questions the lack of feasible alternatives for flood protection over the years.

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