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Ben Cardin: “It was the Congress, not the Environmental Protection Agency, that passed the Clean Water Act.”

On the recordSeptember 2, 2013
It was the Congress, not the Environmental Protection Agency, that passed the Clean Water Act.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin highlights Congress's role in environmental legislation.

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