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Paul Tonko: We cannot lose site of the polluter pays principle that has guided this program since its inception.

On the recordJuly 12, 2016
We cannot lose site of the polluter pays principle that has guided this program since its inception.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Tonko stresses the importance of the principle that polluters should fund cleanups.

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