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On the recordFebruary 8, 2022
I hope we can continue to focus on that and make sure we don't set up an economic system in which we inadvertently steer people away from solving that problem instead of toward solving that problem.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the need to encourage solutions for nuclear waste management.

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