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On the recordApril 11, 2013
We are here holding yet another hearing on yet another Republican bill designed to gut the Clean Air Act and tie EPA's hands and prohibit this agency from doing exactly what it was established to do.
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush criticizes Republican efforts to weaken the Clean Air Act.

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