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Gerry Connolly: “If you are a parent who has a kid who has been a victim of lead poisoning, you want more regulation, not less.”

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
If you are a parent who has a kid who has been a victim of lead poisoning, you want more regulation, not less.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly highlights the need for regulations to protect children from lead poisoning.

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