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Gary Peters: “Does it make sense to have the Coast Guard have to sign off on a response plan saying that, 'We're the principal agency…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
Does it make sense to have the Coast Guard have to sign off on a response plan saying that, 'We're the principal agency responsible for cleaning this thing up.'
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters questions the Coast Guard's role in disaster response plans for the Great Lakes.

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