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On the recordOctober 28, 2019
So what the Trump Administration is effectively trying to do is to force the state to lower its standards. Correct?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
congress.gov

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the impact of the Trump Administration's policies on California's emission standards.

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