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Maria Cantwell: “We just can't allow Washington State to be the repository for 90 percent of the Nation's high-level waste and then think…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2012
We just can't allow Washington State to be the repository for 90 percent of the Nation's high-level waste and then think we've done our job.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell stresses the need to address military waste in Washington State.

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