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Ed Whitfield: Congress did not write the Clean Air Act to provide EPA with the ability to create new regulatory powers and authorities…

On the recordJuly 5, 2016
Congress did not write the Clean Air Act to provide EPA with the ability to create new regulatory powers and authorities so it can transform the Nation's energy system.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield argues that the EPA is overstepping its authority under the Clean Air Act.

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