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Raúl Grijalva: If we implement the proposals in the legislation that our side of the aisle have proposed, and the President's budget…

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
If we implement the proposals in the legislation that our side of the aisle have proposed, and the President's budget, as well as make the polluters pay for that legacy, we shorten the time by 500 years.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva discusses the impact of proposed legislation on mine cleanup timelines.

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