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On the recordJune 24, 2014
Reserving the right to object, I wish to explain how I come to my conclusion at the end by saying a couple of things. I see that my dear friend--and these are all my friends whom I particularly enjoy working with--I say to my friend from Oklahoma, he said Tom Steyer is from California. This is correct. So is Justice Kennedy, and so is Richard Nixon, who signed the Clean Air Act. Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act, and I was a cosponsor of that act. And Republican Herbert Walker Bush signed the Clear Air Act Amendments.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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