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Show 228 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER Amount Bureau says it will Cost to State receive Taxpayers Pennsylvania .............. 55,549,000 277,600,000 Rhode Island .............. 5,240,000 20,800,000 South Carolina ............ 6,370,000 34,400,000 South Dakota .............. 2,056,000 13,200,000 Tennessee .................... 7,681,000 55,600,000 Texas .......................... 34,575,000 194,000,000 Utah ............................ 61,716,000 16,000,000 Vermont ...................... 1,191,000 7,600,000 Virginia ...................... 8,395,000 67,600,000 Washington ................ 14,631,000 68,400,000 West Virginia .............. 5,299,000 35,600,000 Wisconsin .................... 18,100,000 88,000,000 Wyoming .................... 10,719,000 8,000,000 Thus, he told the committee, it would be seen that if the crsp were built "the states stand to lose a cool $3,076,948,000." Hosmer asked his colleagues to consider the states in which the crsp would be built - Colorado, Utah, Wy- oming and New Mexico. "According to the Bureau," he said, "if the project were built, these states would get the following:" Colorado ....................................$ 47,981,000 Wyoming .................................. 10,719,000 Utah .......................................... 61,716,000 New Mexico .............................. 17,006,000 Total ..........................$137,422,000 "How much would the taxpayers of these states pay for the hidden subsidies of the bill?" This is the answer to that: Colorado ....................................$ 36,400,000 Wyoming .................................. 8,000,000 Utah .......................................... 16,000,000 New Mexico .............................. 15,200,000 Total ..........................$ 75,600,000 |