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John Shimkus: “Budgetary and funding challenges have been further complicated by President Obama's legally dubious decision to walk…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2015
Budgetary and funding challenges have been further complicated by President Obama's legally dubious decision to walk away from Yucca Mountain.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Criticism of President Obama's decision affecting nuclear waste management funding.

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