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06-20-2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2000

COMMITTEE APPROVES COVERDELL BILL TO FUND WATERSHED DAM REPAIRS NATIONWIDE

WASHINGTON, D. C. ---- U. S. Sen. Paul Coverdell (R-Ga.), Georgia's senior
Senator and a member of the Senate Leadership, today announced that the
Senate Agriculture Committee approved his Small Watershed Rehabilitation
Act. The legislation provides desperately needed repairs to more than 2,0...

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