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Bob Goodlatte: “Are you serious? I mean for 25 years farmers, localities, and others across the Chesapeake Bay region have substantially…”

On the recordNovember 2, 2011
Are you serious? I mean for 25 years farmers, localities, and others across the Chesapeake Bay region have substantially reduced the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment going into the streams that go into the Chesapeake Bay and now you are claiming that we are standing at the starting line?
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte questions claims of starting over despite years of environmental efforts.

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