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On the recordJune 21, 2016
Sometimes, Madam Chair and colleagues, I think people think that they wake up in the morning over at EPA and they say, well, what can we tighten up today to make life miserable for the other States.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper criticizes perceptions of the EPA's regulatory intentions.

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