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On the recordFebruary 26, 2004
there is a strong bipartisan and growing outcry about the administration's latest retreat from the Clean Air Act in your mercury proposal.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights bipartisan concerns regarding the administration's environmental policies.

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