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On the recordJuly 26, 2011
If the gentleman will yield again, I am going to continue to work on this issue. I know that we're going to take a vote on this. I, as they say, will come back again on the floor, because I think this is a very important issue. I thank the gentleman for yielding to allow me to again express how important it is that the EPA be funded more fully than it has been.

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