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Cedric Richmond: “I think it is critical, you know, to protect the American people--millions of people that could get harmed from…”

On the recordJune 22, 2011
I think it is critical, you know, to protect the American people--millions of people that could get harmed from contaminated water--that we have some regulatory body in the Federal Government whose charge is to regulate the security of waste water and drinking water systems.
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Cedric Richmond
Democratic · Louisiana

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Emphasizes the need for federal regulation of water security to protect public health.

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