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On the recordFebruary 26, 2004
I keep hearing the statement the Bush Administration was the first ever to propose a mercury regulation.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Senator Leahy critiques the Bush Administration's claims on mercury regulation.

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