The EPA was never intended to be our Nation's front line environmental regulator. The States were to have regulatory primacy.
Ed Markey: “The EPA was never intended to be our Nation's front line environmental regulator. The States were to have regulatory…”
On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
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Markey emphasizes the role of states in environmental regulation over the EPA.
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