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John Shimkus: “What happens if we don't continue funding for Yucca Mountain and we go to conference with the Senate and they adopt…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019
What happens if we don't continue funding for Yucca Mountain and we go to conference with the Senate and they adopt their language for interim storage, which I view as inadequate?
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus discusses the implications of not funding Yucca Mountain.

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