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Why is Oregon Senator Ron Wyden sponsoring yet another subsidy for the Klamath River Basin’s Federal Irrigators?

On July 19th a hearing was held in the US Senate on Oregon Senator Ron Wyden’s S.482 – The Klamath Power and Facilities Agreement Support Act. If it becomes law, Wyden’s legislation would provide a new taxpayer subsidy to irrigators within the federal Klamath Irrigation Project. 

Virtually all US agricultural producers are subsidized. However, as KlamBlog has documented, the Klamath River Basin’s federal irrigators are far and away recipients of the most taxpayer subsidy dollars annually as compared to all other agricultural producers in…

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