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Lisa Blunt Rochester: “Unfortunately, when the EPA fails to do its jobs, those impacts fall disproportionately on the poor and communities of…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2020
Unfortunately, when the EPA fails to do its jobs, those impacts fall disproportionately on the poor and communities of color.
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic · Delaware

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She highlights the disproportionate effects of EPA failures on marginalized communities.

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