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Henry Waxman: “I was here. I was saying you make a political decision you are going to wind up with big scientific problems at the end…”

On the recordJune 13, 2011
I was here. I was saying you make a political decision you are going to wind up with big scientific problems at the end of the day, big scientific problems.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman discusses the political decisions affecting nuclear site selection leading to scientific issues.

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