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Derrick Van Orden: “It's the federal government's responsibility for cleaning it…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Derek Van Orden and Campbell officials announce $2 million in funding to address PFAS issues

Published | Video Starts at 00:17

And we were able to secure $2 million to help for PFAS mitigation here in the township of Campbell. It's incredibly important and the federal government mandated that PFAS be used on these airfields. It's the federal government's responsibility for cleaning it [PFAS] up. One of the things you noted was that it's a small town. These are small towns that are affected. And too often federal government only looks at big city cities that can even find Midwest cities. (00:17–00:21)

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