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On the recordApril 23, 2013
I would like to pick up a subject that we have had a lot of discussion on here in this Appropriations subcommittee with our colleagues from the EPA, and that is the situation in the community of Fairbanks, Alaska with the particulate matter, the tightened standards for small, particular matter the PM2.5.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski addresses air quality issues in Fairbanks, Alaska, highlighting EPA's inflexibility.

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