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Tom Carper: “Let me be clear: the status quo is not acceptable.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2011
Let me be clear: the status quo is not acceptable.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper insists on the necessity of reforming existing chemical laws.

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