Two Northwest senators, adamant and inflexible opponents of dam breaching,
assured irrigators Nov. 23 that they will make a stand together against
any national affront to the magnificent and prosperous society that hydropower
has created in the Columbia Basin.
Flexing their political muscle, Sens. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., and Gordon
Smith, R-Ore., said any authorization for dam removal would have to first
get through subcommittees they chair.
To take them (dams) out, they gotta take us …
