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On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
The nation's water infrastructure is indisputably crumbling, and a meaningful reauthorization of WRDA would play a very important role in both rebuilding that infrastructure and rebuilding our economy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the need to address crumbling water infrastructure through WRDA reauthorization.

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