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House Republican: Let Reflecting Pool 'go' and 'create an ecosystem'
Key takeaways
- Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday had an outside-the-box idea to address algae growth in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- Honestly, I think it d be cool if they just let it go and create an ecosystem, have fish in there and everything.
- Renovations on the Reflecting Pool wrapped up earlier this month, with Atlantic Industrial Coatings receiving more than $14.6 million through a federal contract for the project.
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Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday had an outside-the-box idea to address algae growth in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Honestly, I think it d be cool if they just let it go and create an ecosystem, have fish in there and everything. … I think that d be a really … cool way to go, he told reporters on Capitol Hill, according to Meidas Touch.
Renovations on the Reflecting Pool wrapped up earlier this month, with Atlantic Industrial Coatings receiving more than $14.6 million through a federal contract for the project.
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