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Alex Padilla: “The Senate majority Republicans decided to overrule the…”

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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 03:55

We've seen it before. Which brings me back to the point I have today about this EPA nomination. Now, just a few weeks ago, in this very chamber, The Senate majority Republicans decided to overrule the parliamentarian in order to undermine California's Clean Air Authority. authority that's existed since the original Clean Air act was adopted decades ago. And so I don't want to let our Republican colleagues off the hook. (03:55–04:09)

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Asserts that Senate majority Republicans overruled the parliamentarian to undermine California's Clean Air Authority.

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