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Frank Pallone: “Let me say, first of all, when you talk about the Safe Drinking Water Act and the efforts to weaken those protections…”

On the recordApril 17, 1996
Let me say, first of all, when you talk about the Safe Drinking Water Act and the efforts to weaken those protections, it is a real problem. We are hearing now that because of the fact that the Republican leadership did some polling, they essentially found out that they were not doing too well with their constituents and possibly leading to next November's election, because they were perceived as antienvironment.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of weakening the Safe Drinking Water Act during a debate.

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