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Bobby Rush: “What would be the impact on public health if, as the chairman has suggested, that the majority party would rewrite the…”

On the recordJune 15, 2015
What would be the impact on public health if, as the chairman has suggested, that the majority party would rewrite the Clean Air Act to make cost to industry rather than the benefits of public health the primary driver of EPA rules?
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Rush questions the impact of prioritizing industry costs over public health in the Clean Air Act.

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