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Chris Van Hollen: “It is entirely wrong to call this an expansion of the Clean Water Act or a new regulation.”

On the recordApril 17, 2018
It is entirely wrong to call this an expansion of the Clean Water Act or a new regulation.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen defends the interpretation of the Clean Water Act as consistent.

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