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Jim Risch: “Is it the MNA's position that this bill should look at the Alaska model as being something that's been tried and…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2009
Is it the MNA's position that this bill should look at the Alaska model as being something that's been tried and actually worked in a real life situation?
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch questions the relevance of the Alaska model for mining legislation.

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