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Mark Kelly: “The waiver was approved. The thing that cleans out the lead…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 40:33

Straight line, just pass through. EPA doesn't get a say. And then Donald Trump could decide whether or not to approve the waiver. The White House decides, and The waiver was approved. The thing that cleans out the lead and arsenic didn't get put in. And then these kids have to, you know, breathe, breathe this in. Now, I've had conversations now with the company that owns the mine and the smelter. (40:33–40:38)

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Asserts that a waiver was approved, preventing the installation of pollution control technology.

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