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On the recordNovember 16, 2010
What I hear repeatedly from communities back home is that the Corps was able to provide this engineering certification far more cheaply, efficiently, and they are being forced into a far higher cost of solutions.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley highlights concerns over increased costs for communities due to changes in engineering certification.

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