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David Cay Johnston: Let me ask my friend to answer this question: EPA does not do anything. It puts no rule up for review. What is your…

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
Let me ask my friend to answer this question: EPA does not do anything. It puts no rule up for review. What is your remedy if you are an aggrieved party, if you are outraged citizens, if you are millions of American citizens, what is your remedy? To come to Congress?
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Questioning the effectiveness of the EPA and the recourse for citizens.

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