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On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
The Whitfield amendment will eviscerate the law's ability to require power plants to install modern pollution controls.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes the Whitfield amendment's impact on pollution control regulations.

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