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Ed Whitfield: we cannot stand to simply sit by and we are going to reassert ourselves.

On the recordMarch 23, 2011
we cannot stand to simply sit by and we are going to reassert ourselves.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Ed Whitfield declares Congress's intention to take action on the Clean Air Act.

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