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Susan Collins: “To set limits that are far more stringent than necessary to protect public health, at a time, particularly, when the…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
To set limits that are far more stringent than necessary to protect public health, at a time, particularly, when the economy's very fragile, really concerns me.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins expresses concern over stringent emission limits amid economic fragility.

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