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On the recordOctober 6, 2011
I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following section: SEC. 6. PROTECTION FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Administrator shall not delay actions pursuant to the rules identified in section 2(b) of this Act to reduce emissions from waste incinerators or industrial boilers at chemical facilities, oil refineries, or large manufacturing facilities if such emissions are harming brain development or causing learning disabilities in infants or children. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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