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On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
We can have both, and we have over the years strengthened our economy and, frankly, provided safer places for us to live, work, and breathe.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper argues that a clean environment and a strong economy can coexist.

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