The majority refused to even hold hearings on these bills during the last Congress, instead focusing on crushing Clinton administration policies that would have made miners accountable for their actions and decreased the level of environmental destruction that accompanies mining activities.
George Miller: “The majority refused to even hold hearings on these bills during the last Congress, instead focusing on crushing Clinton…”
On the recordJanuary 20, 1999
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Criticism of the previous Congress's inaction on mining reform bills.
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