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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
My general attitude toward environmental rules is we ought to come up with a good performance standard, and then we ought to give the people who are affected by it plenty of time to get there.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander advocates for reasonable compliance timelines for environmental regulations.

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