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Glenn Thompson: “If we cannot get those basic critical facts straight, how can we make the argument that the Federal Government is the…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2015
If we cannot get those basic critical facts straight, how can we make the argument that the Federal Government is the appropriate party to clean up these mines?
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Thompson questions the government's ability to manage mine cleanups due to inconsistent data.

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