CD050: Privatize Water Projects

Now that the government is back up and running and the American public has looked away, the House of Representatives got back to work privatizing our government. H.R. 3080 takes the first steps towards privatization of water projects typically done by the Army Corps of Engineers, using entirely fixable budget issues as the justification. Links to Information in This Episode Intro and Exit Music: by (found on ) Music: (VIDEO) Music: by (found on ) , passed the House 417-3 Renames a veteran's medical center after the late Rep. Bill Young of Florida , character played by Bradley Whitford on the West Wing Natural Gas "fracking" companies have used so much water in Texas that , newsletter, October 18, 2012. , Congressional Research Service, August 18, 2011. by Rep. Janice Hahn, The Hill, September 17, 2013. in Britain in 2006 for about 2.8 billion pounds Army Corps. of Engineers Olmstead Lock & Dam , also known as the "Kentucky Kickback" with details of the bill that ended the shutdown and contained the "Kentucky Kickback" Rep. Bill Young of Florida