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Lisa Blunt Rochester: “As a matter of fact, you preempted me. In the American Rescue Plan, we appropriated $50 million to EPA for air quality…”

On the recordApril 28, 2021
As a matter of fact, you preempted me. In the American Rescue Plan, we appropriated $50 million to EPA for air quality monitoring programs under the Clean Air Act.
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic · Delaware

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Mentions funding allocated for air quality monitoring in the American Rescue Plan.

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