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John Dingell: “I think it would require the American people to be kept in the dark about what is happening to their health and about…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
I think it would require the American people to be kept in the dark about what is happening to their health and about what is clean air.
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John Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Dingell expresses concern over prioritizing cost analysis over health impacts in EPA rulemaking.

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