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Alex Padilla: “The consequences will be physical, impacting the health, not…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla's Objection to Trump's EPA Nominations and Defense of California's Climate Leadership

Published | Video Starts at 05:33

Because the consequences, folks, is not just the change in the rules or the change in procedure or the change in how the Senate does its business. The consequences will be physical, impacting the health, not just the lungs, but the broader health of the people of my home state, California. So I rise to remind my Republican colleagues and the EPA's current leadership that these actions will have consequences. (05:33–05:47)

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Asserts that changes in EPA rules will physically impact the health of Californians.

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