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Patty Murray: “Safety has to come first. And you can't just throw out decrees and consent decrees and legal obligations that are there.”

On the recordJune 20, 2017
Safety has to come first. And you can't just throw out decrees and consent decrees and legal obligations that are there.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray stresses the priority of safety in the cleanup process.

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