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Cory Booker: The ever growing list of catastrophic failures must be a wake-up call for all of us, including EPA, which does have…

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
The ever growing list of catastrophic failures must be a wake-up call for all of us, including EPA, which does have existing authorities they ought to be using.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker calls for urgent action from the EPA in light of recent chemical facility failures.

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