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Ron DeSantis: “It did cost money to do that [contain waste], but to me, I…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Full News Conference: Gov. DeSantis announces closure of Alligator Alcatraz

Published | Video Starts at 36:14

I was like, well, what's that going to mean? And they were saying, no, here's how we do, here's how we contain. And they did. It did cost money to do that [contain waste], but to me, I think that that was an appropriate use of resources. I mean, I would much rather contain it, have to pay to do that than to see runoff going in different areas. (36:14–36:18)

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Asserts that spending money to contain waste in Everglades restoration was appropriate.

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