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Yvette Clarke: Given that the EPA's fundamental priorities include protecting human health and clean air, I am trying to understand why…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
Given that the EPA's fundamental priorities include protecting human health and clean air, I am trying to understand why and how this budget request justifies chopping almost 50 percent of the current funding that goes to our national programs to improve air quality.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke questions the justification for significant cuts to air quality funding.

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