The air is poisoned, asthma rates, lead poisoning rates, the water is poisoned because corporations, pressing their hand and their power and their money, have been able to poison communities to the extent that you have autism rates, birth defects, cancers in our children in places in this country that are unconscionable.
Carper criticizes corporate influence on public health and environmental safety.
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I am the last Vietnam Veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and kind of relates to my great affection and interest in the postal issues.
We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.
We will do it again. Maybe the next time we will actually make it to Columbia.
I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.
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