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Lamar Alexander: “So that means if New Mexico or Oregon or Alaska or Tennessee don't want one of these repositories, we won't--or Nevada.”

On the recordJuly 29, 2013
So that means if New Mexico or Oregon or Alaska or Tennessee don't want one of these repositories, we won't--or Nevada.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander states that consent from states is crucial for repository locations.

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