Dam nonsense

Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

Huh?

A Winning for Women Inc. ad on behalf of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers opens by telling us how much we love our natural resources, then encourages new dam construction because of their economic benefits. What happened to environmental protection?

But the kicker is a call for voters to encourage her support of H.R.3127, the Clean Air Act of 2018, which has as much to do with cleaner air as new dams do with protecting natural resources. All 18 sponsors are Republican.

The Winning for Women PAC, which supports only Republicans, has donated $5,000 to the McMorris Rodgers campaign.

The bill and the ad are a lot of dam GOP nonsense.

Bert Caldwell

Spokane

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