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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If the funding were available, would you be prepared to start--with the design work having been done, as I hear your…”

On the recordApril 2, 2009
If the funding were available, would you be prepared to start--with the design work having been done, as I hear your testimony, would you be prepared to start in building such a decontamination facility in the District of Columbia?
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton asks about readiness to build a decontamination facility if funding is secured.

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