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Alex Padilla: “The Trump administration's EPA [Environmental Protection…”

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 04:55

They can deny it all they want, but it's written there in the record for all of us to see. And it was sparked by The Trump administration's EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] abused the Congressional Review Act. and twisting it into something that it was never intended to be. But I know they're not too worried, because they're betting that through all the smoke and mirrors of procedural language that the American people won't be able to discern what truly happened. (04:55–05:03)

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Asserts that the Trump administration's EPA abused the Congressional Review Act.

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