On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
What we will not hear from our Republican colleagues is that, according to the GAO, there are 161,000 abandoned hard rock mine sites in 12 western States and Alaska.
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Whitehouse criticizes Republicans for ignoring the broader issue of abandoned mines.
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