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douglas9

(4,474 posts)
Wed Nov 27, 2019, 11:50 AM Nov 2019

Inhofe Is OK Flooding His Neighbors If It Keeps His Lake View

Sen Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, tucked an amendment into the $750 billion defense spending bill that would benefit fellow wealthy homeowners at Grand Lake in northeast Oklahoma by keeping lake levels high but is expected to worsen flooding in nearby Miami, Okla.

The amendment, which starts on page 1,183 of the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act, would limit the ability of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to say how high the lake should be. The Grand River Dam Authority, which has board members who also own lake houses, is licensed by the commission to operate the dam.

“He’s helping his buddies to make sure the lake is full during summer so those very big boats do well,” said Rebecca Jim of Local Environmental Action Demanded which put up a billboard in Miami criticizing Inhofe.

https://www.dcreport.org/2019/11/27/inhofe-is-ok-flooding-his-neighbors-if-it-keeps-his-lake-view/

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Inhofe Is OK Flooding His Neighbors If It Keeps His Lake View (Original Post) douglas9 Nov 2019 OP
Inhofe is a monumental asshole. Mickju Nov 2019 #1

Mickju

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1. Inhofe is a monumental asshole.
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 03:27 PM
Nov 2019

I moved to Oklahoma 5 years ago from Hawaii when I retired to be near family members. I went from two excellent Democratic senators to Inhofe and Lankford. I'm not a bit surprised to see this. Inhofe has also done some outrageous things as a pilot. Lankford is just a general fool.

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