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Barbara Boxer: “I believe that in the 1996 law, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the rewrite of the Water Act, what Congress wanted to…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2011
I believe that in the 1996 law, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the rewrite of the Water Act, what Congress wanted to happen was for the EPA to begin to move on these emerging contaminants.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Boxer discusses Congressional intent for the EPA to address emerging contaminants.

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