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On the recordApril 7, 2014
Well, I would tell you that indeed the facility is 62 percent completed. I believe--and not to be critical, NNSA, the contractor, you should be working together, because this can be done. The alternative is truly putting our country at risk, I believe, in having weapons-grade plutonium either in South Carolina or in New Mexico.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson emphasizes the importance of completing the facility to avoid national security risks.

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