WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he has joined Senate colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump administration about its rushed rehabilitation project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The lawmakers note that the issues facing the reflecting pool are not simply maintenance concerns, but failures by the Department of the Interior in project execution and government oversight.
"The American people deserve to know why the rehabilitation project has failed and the corrective actions the Department is taking to address this ongoing issue," the senators wrote to Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
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