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On the recordMarch 4, 1999
I rise today, as I have done on two previous occasions, to introduce legislation to stem the flow--actually flood-- of trash into Virginia and other States that have been affected. [...] the legislation we are introducing today allows localities to ban unwanted out-of-State trash.
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Charles Robb
Virginia

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Introducing legislation to manage the influx of out-of-state trash into Virginia.

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