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Jim Risch: this law was not very well vetted out in the public; they were going to put these mercury bulbs in every home, in every…

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
this law was not very well vetted out in the public; they were going to put these mercury bulbs in every home, in every school in America, in hospitals.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch criticizes the lack of public vetting for the law mandating mercury bulbs.

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