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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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