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Sen. Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, speaks during a Senate Judiciary hearing on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska, on a resolution urging the state and federal governments to seek additional money for restoration arising from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Also shown, from left, are Sen. Berta Gardner, the sponsor of the measure, and her aide Noah Hanson. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Doug Massingale waits for word on missing family members at the fire station in Oso, Wash., following a deadly mudslide two days earlier, Monday, March 24, 2014. Officials said that there are currently 108 names of people who have been reported missing or are unaccounted for from the Saturday morning slide, but cautioned the figure would likely decline dramatically. Eight people are so far confirmed dead from the one-square mile slide that destroyed about 30 homes and critically injured several people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2005, file photo, an unidentified rescue worker left, consoles Jimmie Wallet, in leather jacket, whose wife and three children are missing in a mudslide, in La Conchita, Calif. The coastal Southern California town of La Conchita knows the sorrows that a major mudslide can unleash. In 2005, a wall of debris slammed down from a bluff soaked by winter storms, killing 10 people and damaging or destroying 36 homes. On Saturday, March 22, 2014, a mudslide hit Oso, Wash., where 14 people are confirmed dead, dozens more are thought to be unaccounted for or missing and about 30 homes are destroyed. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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A cross marks a fenced home buried by a mudslide in the tiny coastal town of La Conchita, Calif., on Monday, March, 24, 2014. As with Oso, Wash., the coastal Southern California town of La Conchita knows the sorrows that a major mudslide can unleash. In 2005, a wall of debris slammed down from a bluff soaked by winter storms, killing 10 people and damaging or destroying 36 homes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A rusted Ford pickup truck remains buried by a mudslide in the tiny coastal town of La Conchita, Calif., Monday, March, 24, 2014. As with Oso, Wash., the coastal Southern California town of La Conchita knows the sorrows that a major mudslide can unleash. In 2005, a wall of debris slammed down from a bluff soaked by winter storms, killing 10 people and damaging or destroying 36 homes. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
