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Jerry Nadler: All the toxins in the air were below tolerable levels, they were all OK, and everybody was going to be fine, and…

On the recordNovember 1, 2017
All the toxins in the air were below tolerable levels, they were all OK, and everybody was going to be fine, and thousands of people are sick and hundreds of people are dead because they weren't fine.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler expresses skepticism about EPA's assurances on safety after past incidents.

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