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On the recordMarch 8, 2016
I think it is all very fair, but at the end of the day this is one Nation, so setting minimum standards, making sure our people are protected, whether they are in my State or a State adjacent where the pollution from my State may actually go to another State, I have an obligation, even if it is in my State.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Boxer emphasizes the need for federal standards to protect public health across states.

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