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Henry Waxman: “We hear about job-killing regulations, and I haven't seen anybody substantiate the job-killing part of the regulations…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
We hear about job-killing regulations, and I haven't seen anybody substantiate the job-killing part of the regulations, but we know that a lot of this pollution kills people, and we have that well documented.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman argues that pollution poses a greater threat than claimed job losses from regulations.

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