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Jared Huffman: “I am old enough to remember that incident. And it seems to me that this was not EPA's mine. As I recall, there was a…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2024
I am old enough to remember that incident. And it seems to me that this was not EPA's mine. As I recall, there was a deadbeat mine owner, a problem we have faced throughout the country with abandoned mines and deadbeat mine owners.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman reflects on the Animas River toxic spill and accountability of mine owners.

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