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Pete Olson: A mom-and-pop store in Pennsylvania wrote EPA: 'Parents tell our children, 'Eat your peas, then you can have dessert.'…

On the recordJune 11, 2015
A mom-and-pop store in Pennsylvania wrote EPA: 'Parents tell our children, 'Eat your peas, then you can have dessert.' EPA says, 'Eat your peas, then you can have more peas.'
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Pete Olson
Texas

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Olson shares a humorous analogy to illustrate concerns about EPA regulations.

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