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Cliff Bentz: “Literally hundreds of thousands of geese and ducks no longer…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. Bentz in House Natural Resources Committee Speaking on H.R. 8259

Published | Video Starts at 02:49

I went down and looked at them. It was really sad. I mean, cause as you said, Literally hundreds of thousands of geese and ducks no longer showing up. And that was because there was no balance in the allocation of the water in that system. Do I have that right? You have that largely correct. And it's been backed since 2001 that there have been decisions that have had far reaching impacts to the entire Klamath basin. (02:49–02:59)

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Asserts that the imbalance in water allocation led to a decline in geese and ducks.

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