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On the recordJune 6, 2012
Do you agree or disagree that if we in the Congress try to move as aggressively as we can to pass a comprehensive piece of legislation, that it is prudent to go ahead with the language in the Appropriations bill that allows the Department of Energy to begin the process of identifying a consolidation site?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander questions the feasibility of aggressive legislative action on nuclear waste.

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