07/10/2012
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"I do also want to emphasize that back in 1972, the staff was worried and the Senators were worried about federalism and constitutional limitations on their authority."
"We will see you on the floor later today."
"The Clean Water Act has lofty goals, and then it has some nonregulatory programs, and some regulatory programs."
"Thanks to champions like Senator Ed Muskie, a Democrat from Maine, ... Congress enacted the Clean Water Act in 1972."