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Cynthia Lummis: “When Congressman Polis said we are focused now on triage, that is all we can do.”

On the recordJune 15, 2009
When Congressman Polis said we are focused now on triage, that is all we can do.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Describing the urgency of addressing the beetle epidemic.

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