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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
The CFATS program is different from other regulatory programs overseen by this subcommittee, and it is different because it is implemented by your department rather than the EPA and because it does not have the same public recognition as landmark environmental laws that protect the public from contaminants in our air, our drinking water, our soil.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone highlights the unique nature and importance of the CFATS program.

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