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On the recordMarch 12, 1996
as Senator Hatfield knows, Cowlitz County has been digging out, literally and figuratively, from the effects of Mt. St. Helens ever since 1980. These last two floods have exacerbated the movement of sediment in the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers creating both flooding and navigation concerns. Will the current Senate bill provide funding so the Corps of Engineers can use authorities available to them to review and correct these newly created problems?
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Addressing flooding and sediment issues in Cowlitz County related to Mt. St. Helens during Senate debate.

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