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On the recordJune 10, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency ought to be focused on the gulf, not on something that theoretically may make a difference 100 years from now. At a time when emissions are going up in China and going up in India and going up in Russia, going up all around the world, the Environmental Protection Agency says: I want to handcuff the American economy, handcuff the small businesses of this country. At a time with 9.7 percent unemployment, let's make it tougher on Americans--that is what the Environmental Protection Agency wants to do.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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govinfo.gov
Jun 10, 2010

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Senator Barrasso criticizes the EPA's focus on long-term regulations instead of addressing the Gulf oil disaster.

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