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On the recordMarch 19, 2018
And if you are going to make a budget request to restart licensing for a facility that requires such expensive, innovative engineering, wouldn't it be more appropriate to lay all of these considerations before Congress before asking for more money?
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Cortez Masto critiques the budget request process for Yucca Mountain.

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