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Lamar Alexander: “That is why I joined with Senator Cardin to make a simple amendment to the Clean Water Act that would end the practice…”

On the recordJune 24, 2009
That is why I joined with Senator Cardin to make a simple amendment to the Clean Water Act that would end the practice of dumping coal mining waste into streams.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discusses collaboration with Senator Cardin to amend the Clean Water Act.

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