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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host its fifth and final listening session on putting limits on toxic pollution from the nation's biggest polluters. These safeguards will protect Americans from reckless corporations that have previously been able to use the air we breathe as their dumpster without limits. These meetings with stakeholders serve as an important forum where Americans voiced their concerns about air pollution and the need for protections against the health risks pollution poses to their families and communities.

But now we turn to Congress where some politicians continue to grandstand against common sense health protections â€" with some going as far as declaring their intent to handcuff the EPA from doing its job of protecting Americans.

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