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Jay Inslee: “What I want to make clear to the public is that when we say gut, we mean gut the Clean Air Act because the Republican…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
What I want to make clear to the public is that when we say gut, we mean gut the Clean Air Act because the Republican dirty air act doesn't just reduce protections by 10 percent to children with asthma. It doesn't reduce it by 50 percent. It entirely eliminates the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide kids with asthma any protection whatsoever for these listed emissions from polluting industries.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington
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govinfo.gov
Feb 8, 2011

Editor's note · Context

Inslee is addressing the impact of proposed changes to the Clean Air Act on children's health.

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