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John Duarte: “I've understood about 28% of our particulate matter is…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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Duarte Questions Sec. Pete Buttigieg on the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

We also have challenging attainment because we're at the back end of a venturi of air quality emissions that comes in from the much larger Bay Area metropolitan area and probably makes up historical numbers. I've understood about 28% of our particulate matter is outside of our control. But given that we're the air basin out of attainment, we do everything we can within our basin to correct that, but we have no control over what goes on in the city. (00:34–00:39)

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Asserts that 28% of particulate matter in his district is beyond local control.

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