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On the recordOctober 3, 2017
New leadership at EPA has an opportunity to correct this coercive federalism and instead restore cooperative federalism, as intended.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso advocates for restoring cooperative federalism in environmental management.

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