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Jake Auchincloss: “The budget would cut funding by $2.5 billion for the Clean…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Contamination. I represent Massachusetts. You formerly represented New York. It's a problem in both states. Yes. Oh, absolutely. I recall that I was pressing you last year on The budget would cut funding by $2.5 billion for the Clean water and drinking water state revolving loan funds. It's about 90% which is used by municipal water supplies to remediate PFAS. And I was pressing you on that proposed cut because I don't know how we're going to remediate pfas with a 90% cut to the principal program that mitigates it. (00:08–00:23)

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Asserts that the budget proposes a $2.5 billion cut to key water funds.

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