04/27/2009
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"The control of air pollution is part and parcel of our national defense."
"So I would ask you, in addition to the GDP growth, do you not see this as an economic benefit that is often overlooked in our Country?"
"In 2010 alone, 160,000 lives were spared because of the work of the Clean Air Act."
"I think the whole notion that cleaning up the environment harms our economic growth is a myth."