Lamar Alexander actually said...

If Congress in its wisdom had passed Senator Carper's and my bill in 2003 when we first introduced it, this would all have been done 4 or 5 years ago.

Context

Alexander criticizes Congress for delays in passing environmental legislation.

03/19/2012

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