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Henry Waxman: “Twenty-five years after the 1987 amendments to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, it is clear that this Washington-knows-best…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2013
Twenty-five years after the 1987 amendments to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, it is clear that this Washington-knows-best approach has not worked.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman critiques the ineffective federal approach to nuclear waste management.

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