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On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
My constituents tell me the EPA is out to get them rather than work with them, and there is a huge lack of trust between many of my constituents and the EPA.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Ernst expresses constituents' frustration with the EPA's approach.

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