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On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
The Corps has been laughably underfunded for decades, leading to a $100 billion backlog of projects.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio criticizes the underfunding of the Corps and its impact on infrastructure.

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