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On the recordMarch 6, 2019
Hopefully, we can not only reauthorize the SRF, but look at other ways that we can help communities that are very low income or disadvantaged in other ways to get what I think I would agree with the panel should be a right, a right not to pollute with wastewater and a right to have clean, potable, and safe drinking water.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio emphasizes the need for clean water access as a fundamental right.

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