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On the recordFebruary 8, 2022
While Senator Duckworth's bill is a good faith effort to help her State, I am concerned that basically it kind of pays the communities to tolerate long-term problems.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe critiques Duckworth's bill for potentially incentivizing communities to accept long-term nuclear waste issues.

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