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Henry Waxman: “There was no precedence for the Clean Air Act in the first place.”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
There was no precedence for the Clean Air Act in the first place.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman argues that new legislation can be justified despite lack of precedent.

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