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Peter DeFazio: “If the EPA were here, they'd be able to directly refute the dual implications of this hearing: that they are somehow…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
If the EPA were here, they'd be able to directly refute the dual implications of this hearing: that they are somehow opposed to mining jobs, and that mining jobs are disappearing.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio defends the EPA against claims of harming mining jobs.

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