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Dan Newhouse: “If these dams were breached, either literally or functionally, those that would be negatively impacted would be…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2023
If these dams were breached, either literally or functionally, those that would be negatively impacted would be electricity customers, transportation stakeholders, river-dependent ports, communities up and down the Pacific Northwest, farmers, recreationalists, practically everyone living in the region.
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Dan Newhouse
Republican · Washington

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Newhouse warns of the widespread negative impacts of breaching the dams.

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