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Mark Kelly: “This administration set up a process... where they could…”

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 40:11

And there's technology available to clean the lead and arsenic out of the exhaust. And it was rather expensive. And they didn't do it. They asked for a waiver because This administration set up a process... where they could send a letter to the EPA that then just went right to the White House. 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. (40:11–40:24)

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Asserts that the current administration established a process bypassing the EPA for waivers.

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