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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
The Latta amendment will reverse 40 years of clean air policy, allowing our national goals for clean air to be determined by corporate profits, not public health.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman warns against the Latta amendment's threat to public health and clean air standards.

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