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John Tierney: no, it is not likely; and Mr. Coyle made that point, that they do not have the realistic testing scenarios in place and…

On the recordJune 27, 2002
no, it is not likely; and Mr. Coyle made that point, that they do not have the realistic testing scenarios in place and planned for execution before 2004. That is what they should be doing. They should be having realistic scenarios in place and done and completed and be evaluated before we get to the point of building. We have a very bad history in this country, prior to the legislation we passed to set up Mr. Coyle's Department, of having built things before they were adequately tested.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

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Discussing the need for realistic testing scenarios before building projects.

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