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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “We should all be grateful to the authors of the Clean Air Act for the progress we have achieved. The way to express our…”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
We should all be grateful to the authors of the Clean Air Act for the progress we have achieved. The way to express our gratitude is to use an occasion like this to expand, not to retract, that act. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Jun 8, 2016

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