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Joe Barton: “I don't see in the record where TCEQ or a particular company has knowingly and willfully violated the Clean Air Act on…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2011
I don't see in the record where TCEQ or a particular company has knowingly and willfully violated the Clean Air Act on the regulated pollutants.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions the evidence of noncompliance with the Clean Air Act.

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