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Lee Zeldin: “That's true in a very, very large way.”

Featuring: Lee Zeldin, Republican | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency | National

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And I, if I get this straight, we take the community finance projects, I forget that term out of the SRF. Consequently, state EPA's would have more money if we didn't direct spending out of that 100%. That's true in a very, very large way. Yeah. And I still support the SRS because frankly, I know a lot about my communities, a lot more about my communities than anybody in Washington D.C. does, and that's why I support that effort. (15:43–15:46)

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Agrees that state EPAs would have more money if community finance projects were not funded from the SRF.

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