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Mike Simpson: “The thing I hear most from every community I talk to that is interested in it is that they do not trust the federal…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
The thing I hear most from every community I talk to that is interested in it is that they do not trust the federal government to make interim storage interim, because in the long run they are going to say we got it solved; deal with it.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Communities lack trust in the federal government regarding interim storage solutions.

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