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Howard Griffith: “It was not the members of Congress who made that decision, 250 tons was the law that they wrote.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2012
It was not the members of Congress who made that decision, 250 tons was the law that they wrote.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Griffith emphasizes that Congress did not intend for the Clean Air Act to apply to carbon dioxide.

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