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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
The utterly unreasonable effect of this law is now impoverishing millions of people in western communities, devastating the agricultural sector of our economy and threatening all of us with permanent water shortages, higher energy costs, skyrocketing food prices and chronic unemployment.
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Republican · Washington

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Criticism of a law's negative impact on communities and the economy.

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