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On the recordMarch 13, 2012
One of the reasons we don't have money for the dams and locks that it should be funding is this Olmsted Lock.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander identifies the Olmsted Lock as a financial burden on the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.

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