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Kirsten Engel: “The federal government that has that authority didn't come…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Arizona Congressional District 6: Democratic candidate Kirsten Engel

Published | Video Starts at 05:47

And yet they didn't follow through. So the states did not come up with a plan. And The federal government that has that authority didn't come up with that plan either. That was kicking the can down the road. And it really hurts Arizona because in the absence of the federal government Acting specifically to ask the other basin states to do their fair share. (05:47–05:54)

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Asserts that the federal government failed to create a plan for Colorado River water usage reduction.

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