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Matt Cartwright: “HR7283 opens the innovation door by making up to 30% of all…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

Rep. Cartwright Floor Remarks on STREAM Act

Published July 29, 2022 | Video Starts at 03:26

Eleven states have done so far. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama have chosen to do so. HR7283 opens the innovation door by making up to 30% of all AML funds available for such acid mine drainage projects. If states want to go that way, there is no mandate here. It's their choice, and nothing in current law or the STREAM act is mandatory and nothing in the … (03:26–03:40)

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Asserts that HR 7283 allows up to 30% of all AML funds for AMD projects.

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