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Mike Lee: If by going in and starting this, someone would have to agree at the outset to pay $5.3 million a year every year for…

On the recordMay 18, 2011
If by going in and starting this, someone would have to agree at the outset to pay $5.3 million a year every year for the next 50 years, it seems pretty unlikely that that's going to happen.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee expresses skepticism about securing long-term funding for a hydroelectric project.

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