On the recordApril 10, 2013
I expressed my frustration that the EPA, during the Bush administration, had become a poster child of the opaque Federal agency pandering to special interests.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “I expressed my frustration that the EPA, during the Bush administration, had become a poster child of the opaque Federal…”
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Whitehouse criticized the EPA's previous administration for prioritizing special interests over public health.
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