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Barbara Boxer: “It is not our primary job, but one of the happy, I guess outcomes, of an American public and a Congress who have always…”

On the recordJune 14, 2011
It is not our primary job, but one of the happy, I guess outcomes, of an American public and a Congress who have always supported protecting clean air and our health, is that we have created an entire industry of Americans who lead the world in knowing how to do it.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Boxer discusses the job creation resulting from environmental protection efforts.

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