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Joe Barton: “EPA back in 2006 suggested that we shouldn't regulate farm dust. I wish the EPA would dust that proposal off and…”

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
EPA back in 2006 suggested that we shouldn't regulate farm dust. I wish the EPA would dust that proposal off and institute it instead of even thinking about regulating farm dust.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton advocates for the EPA to not regulate farm dust.

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