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Ruben Gallego: “The problem is that air was not our fault. That bad air was…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 14:03

And because we had bad air, in order for us to basically mitigate it, we had to have a blend that made our air better. The problem is that air was not our fault. That bad air was coming outside of Maricopa county, largely outside the United States. and we had no way for us to mitigate for it whatsoever. But who ended up paying was the consumer at the pump. So it's not. (14:03–14:10)

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Asserts that air quality issues in Maricopa County are due to external sources, not local factors.

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