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Ron Johnson: “So it was just ignored. It was something pretty scary, and we did not want to acknowledge it, so we put our head in the…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
So it was just ignored. It was something pretty scary, and we did not want to acknowledge it, so we put our head in the sand, and our head is still in the sand, by and large.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing past inaction regarding nuclear test impacts.

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