Risch Fights Dam Breaching

Press Release

Due to strong and direct opposition by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Democrats' attempts to breach the lower Snake River dams were removed from the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which will be included in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). WRDA will reinforce western water resilience and ensure the Army Corps of Engineers carries out water projects responsibly.

"The Water Resources Development Act should strengthen our water infrastructure, not dismantle it. Removal of the Snake River dams would inflict an unthinkable cost on the Northwest, all while worsening sky-high energy prices and inflation," said Risch. "I fought to remove language aimed at dam breaching from WRDA and remain flatly opposed to removal of the lower Snake River dams."

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