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On the recordMay 22, 2017
Polluters never want to reduce their pollution and regularly attack the Clean Air Act based on overblown costs that always ignore the other side of the ledger, the public health and other benefits of reducing pollution.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes polluters for resisting pollution reduction and attacking the Clean Air Act.

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