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Steve Scalise: “The RESTORE Act will ensure that the lion's share of the future Clean Water Act fines assessed on the responsible…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2011
The RESTORE Act will ensure that the lion's share of the future Clean Water Act fines assessed on the responsible parties will be dedicated to the Gulf Coast States that were directly impacted by last year's oil spill.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Describes the RESTORE Act's purpose to allocate fines to affected Gulf Coast States.

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