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On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
My information is that dispute does not extend to EPA. I think that the career people know pretty well what has happened to them in the last 8 years.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse asserts that EPA staff are aware of the damage done over the past eight years.

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