A large percentage of these contaminated lands, as you know, have not yet been cleaned up, and the Federal government, for too long, has not shown any real willingness or interest to accept the responsibility that is theirs, for the remediation of these lands.
Lisa Murkowski: “A large percentage of these contaminated lands, as you know, have not yet been cleaned up, and the Federal government…”
On the recordMay 17, 2022
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Murkowski criticizes the Federal government's lack of action on cleaning up contaminated lands in Alaska.
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