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Don Beyer: “In 2023, the Supreme Court gutted clean water protections…”

Featuring: Don Beyer, Democratic | U.S. House Virginia, District 8

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Don Beyer Speaks Against PERMIT Act's Attacks on Clean Water on the House Floor

Published | Video Starts at 00:12

It's a very sad and extreme bill. And with respect to my good friend Chairman Babin, this amendment only makes it worse. In 2023, the Supreme Court gutted clean water protections that we've relied on since the 1980s. And now the Trump administration is trying to make it the law that Americans don't deserve clean water. (00:12–00:18)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court weakened clean water protections established since the 1980s.

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