Weather > 2009 RED RIVER FLOOD: Field hearing on flood protection 5/27 at Fargodome.
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U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) chairs an official hearing of the Senate’s Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday at the Fargodome to take testimony from a variety of state and local officials on the need for comprehesive flood protection for the Fargo-Moorhead region Wednesday, 5/27/09 at the Fargodome. He is flanked by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) at far left.
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Among officials who testified were Col. Jon Christensen, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' St. Paul District, front, Fargo mayor Dennis Walaker, left and Moorhead mayor Mark Voxland.
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Pomeroy, from left to right, Conrad, Dorgan, Klobuchar and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) comprised the congressional members at the hearing.
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Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) gives a proposed $909 million diversion plan that would take flood water around the F-M metro area to the east into Minnesota very little chance of being approved .
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Brigadier Gen. Michael Walsh of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, left and N.D. Gov. John Hoeven prepare to testify Wednesday at the Fargodome.
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