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On the recordApril 24, 2002
For these reasons--primarily the fact that we need to be pragmatic--we need to recognize that different States have different conditions; that the options for disposal of solid waste in many instances, as in the case of Florida, are limited; and of those options, incineration represents one that is relatively environmentally appropriate and is one of the best sources that is available to us to begin to meet this 10-percent standard of a renewable portfolio. I urge the defeat of the Fitzgerald amendment, or the adoption of the motion that I anticipate is about to be made to table the Fitzgerald amendment.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing waste disposal options and urging the defeat of an amendment during a legislative debate.

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