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On the recordApril 2, 2019
And the past two National Defense Authorizations have addressed this issue, but just clearly, the Army Corps of Engineers is ignoring Congress in this situation with proceeding with, quite frankly, building a plant at significant cost.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Thompson criticizes the Army Corps for ignoring Congress on energy projects.

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