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David Hobson: “I will agree to work with the gentleman on this as the bill goes to conference, but I want to remind him, though I am…”

On the recordJune 25, 2004
I will agree to work with the gentleman on this as the bill goes to conference, but I want to remind him, though I am sure this study deserves to proceed, the fact is that not all deserving new studies can go forward at the same time. It is one of the basic cornerstones of this bill that we tried to limit projects and studies until we finished some of the things we have already started. There has been a lot of criticism of the Corps that it does not get things done and costs get out of line. What we have tried to do is limit the new starts. But I want to assure the gentleman that should the door open and new studies in conference are available, we will take another look at the merits of the Boulder Creek study.
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David Hobson
Ohio
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Discussing the limitations on new studies in a bill during a conference.

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