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Lamar Alexander: “For a long-term repository, I would think that the Federal Government would want the Governor and the State legislature…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
For a long-term repository, I would think that the Federal Government would want the Governor and the State legislature to pass a law approving it.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discusses the importance of state approval for a long-term repository.

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