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On the recordApril 17, 1996
Or we could expect the same type of thing that we saw last year when there was a bill out here that was called the Clean Water Act amendments, but most everyone that looked at it referred to it as the dirty water act. Most of the commentators who studied it noted that it was not surprising that it was a dirty water measure that actually weakened, in the name of clean water, the existing law, because it had been written behind closed doors by the various polluters who had a vested interest in this matter.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Discussing concerns about the Clean Water Act amendments during a floor speech.

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