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Jeanne Shaheen: “In mentioning both droughts and--and the flooding that we've seen in the West are a product of natural variability, and…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2011
In mentioning both droughts and--and the flooding that we've seen in the West are a product of natural variability, and we've had to deal with that.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen acknowledges the natural variability affecting water management.

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