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On the recordJune 13, 2023
This bill would allow Good Samaritans to use their own funds and do what they can to help clean up abandoned mines.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez discusses a bill facilitating community cleanup of abandoned coal mines.

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