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On the recordFebruary 18, 2010
Please describe the context of raising levees and running an outlet and doing things to try to protect roads and keep the economy working.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Dorgan asks about the controversy surrounding levee raising in Devils Lake.

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