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LETTER: Quagga Mussels

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Dear Representative Heck:

In response to the domestic invasion of quagga mussels, American taxpayers and industry have incurred an estimated $5 billion in prevention and control costs since introduction of the species to U.S. waters in 1986.  Accordingly, I am writing to communicate the support of the Western Governors’ Association for H.R. 1823, the “Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2013.” 

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