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Elissa Slotkin: “It does indeed pose real challenges to the EPA's work on…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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September 16, 2024 PFAS Telephone Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 20:25

Congresswoman. Okay, so let's get into this one. Let me try and clarify and simplify. Okay, so the Supreme Court overturned something called Chevron deference, the Chevron deference principle. And It does indeed pose real challenges to the EPA's work on PFAS and a bunch of other drinking, drinking water clean water standards. For those who aren't familiar, the Chevron deference refers to a. A decades old legal principle that federal agencies should be given deference to interpret laws passed by Congress and … (20:25–20:33)

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Asserts that overturning Chevron deference poses challenges to the EPA's enforcement of water standards.

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