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Ed Whitfield: “There is nothing in the Clean Air Act that even suggests such sweeping agency action is authorized.”

On the recordOctober 21, 2015
There is nothing in the Clean Air Act that even suggests such sweeping agency action is authorized.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield argues that EPA's actions exceed its legal authority under the Clean Air Act.

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