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On the recordMarch 5, 2024
Well, it was the EPA, and the EPA blew out the Gold King Mine in 2015, and released 800,000 pounds of heavy metals and other things into the Animas River, turning the Animas River yellow.
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Harriet Hageman
Republican · Wyoming

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Hageman criticizes the EPA for causing an environmental disaster.

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