Angie Craig: “My guess is that the State of Idaho with some limited assistance would champion that cause. I have introduced…”

“My guess is that the State of Idaho with some limited assistance would champion that cause. I have introduced legislation that would create a base of authority. We believe it would cost the Federal Government less than $100 million. The State would work with some matching moneys. They would bring in the mining companies and force them to the table to establish the liability. Guess what would happen, Senator. We would be out of the courts. Lawyers would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. And we would be cleaning up Superfund sites that have been in litigation for a decade, by your own admission and argument.”