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On the recordJuly 31, 1995
I plead with my colleagues, and I say this with respect to my good friends on the Republican side, let us clean up these sites, let us spend the money, let us do what has to be done now. The money is here. The appropriations arrangement will move the money from where it is not needed to where it is, and we can begin to address an imminent problem immediately affecting the health and the well-being of American people in some 19 States and in some 58 areas.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the need for environmental cleanup and health safety in Congress.

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