As Montana's man in Congress, Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., should be working to make sure his constituents don't get stuck with the cleanup bill when a mine company goes bankrupt and tries to walk away from its mess. Yet, last week Rehberg sneaked a rider onto a federal budget bill that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from developing rules that would allow the agency to collect reclamation bonds from mining companies adequate to clean up their hazardous waste.
http://www.mtvoters.org/newsroom/clip/2011/12/rehberg_friend_of_mines_foe_of_taxpayers
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