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Rick Allen: waiting for duplicate studies before we act will only achieve further delay in the agency's efforts to address the risk…

On the recordJuly 23, 1998
waiting for duplicate studies before we act will only achieve further delay in the agency's efforts to address the risk from mercury exposure. We know there is a link between mercury emissions from power plants and the contamination in our Nation's lakes, rivers and streams. It is in our neighborhoods. It is affecting our children. We do not need additional reports to tell us that. I urge my colleagues to protect the public's right to know and support the Waxman amendment.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia

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Addressing mercury exposure and urging support for the Waxman amendment.

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