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Lamar Alexander: “If Congress in its wisdom had passed Senator Carper's and my bill in 2003 when we first introduced it, this would all…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
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.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander criticizes Congress for delays in passing environmental legislation.

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