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Byron Dorgan: Let me just say that that issue exists all across the country on flood control projects, and the key, from the Corps'…

On the recordMay 26, 2009
Let me just say that that issue exists all across the country on flood control projects, and the key, from the Corps' standpoint, and it makes perfect sense, of course, is that when you develop a cost-benefit ratio, you are talking about what the cost-benefit ratio is to protect that which exists.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan discusses the nationwide relevance of cost-benefit ratios in flood control.

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