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On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
States will have no significant or serious option to protect themselves if they make such deals without 1, meaningful regulatory authority and 2, a linkage that you've created in your very sequenced and adaptive legislation that allows for the process to go forward.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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States need legal protections when making deals about waste storage.

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