As I have said for years, dams and fish can coexist. And I will continue to fight for our dams.

For more than 30 years, misinformed interest groups have held central Washington and the Pacific Northwest hostage by threatening to drain the lifeblood of our region.

I urge the Committee to reject any proposal to insert yet another duplicative study in this bill, which will only lend more uncertainty for our way of life in Central Washington and throughout the Pacific Northwest.

These groups, in my opinion, are driven by a singular ideological goal: breaching the Snake River dams.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221, nays 212, not voting 0, as…

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