For too long, local communities have known how important it was to deal with this problem. It hadn't been given the national priority it demanded, though I'm here today to tell you that I'm finally insisting that it gets prioritized. And I'm insisting it gets done. One of the most important things we're doing today is establishing a new rule that every lead pipe providing clean drinking water doesn't provide clean water must be replaced. (21:01–21:08)
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Asserts that he is prioritizing the issue of lead pipes in drinking water.
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