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Henry Waxman: “Since last May, this committee has held four hearings on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and passed two separate…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
Since last May, this committee has held four hearings on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and passed two separate bills to mandate approval of that pipeline, and yet the majority has never bothered to examine the impacts of tar sands production and transport on public health and the environment.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes the lack of environmental impact studies on the Keystone XL pipeline.

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