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On the recordMay 17, 2018
Enactment of H.R. 3053 would break the current impasse on our nation's nuclear waste management program and provide a path to complete the Yucca Mountain repository.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus discusses the importance of H.R. 3053 for nuclear waste management.

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