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On the recordNovember 14, 2012
And the glacial pace of getting to that, they kind of never catch up because they are not nimble enough to get the work done in time to have the effect, while the conditions----
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse highlights the slow response of the Corps to changing environmental conditions.

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