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On the recordMarch 7, 2017
In response to the growing frequency of catastrophic flooding in the Houston, Harris County, my colleagues, Congressman Al Green, Congressman John Culberson, and I, along with 100 other Members of Congress, introduced legislation last year to authorize $311 million in emergency appropriations for flood control projects.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Highlighting bipartisan efforts for flood control funding after recent disasters.

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