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Rush Holt: I would add to that it is as archaic as the name suggests. This is a relic of a different era.

On the recordApril 2, 2014
I would add to that it is as archaic as the name suggests. This is a relic of a different era.
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Rush Holt
New Jersey

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Holt criticizes the outdated Mining Act of 1872.

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