rain. so time and time, when science pointed to health risks, special interests cried wolf to protect their own agenda, not the agenda of the american people, and time after time we followed the science, we protected the american people and the doomsday predictions never came true. >> since the clean air act was first passed in 1963 there's been a long history of bipartisan support in congress, bipartisan votes in congress to handle pollution issues. but today's limits, the announced limits today on pollution from power plants, these ones today were not subject to a vote in congress. the epa announced these changes today under their own authority as an agency. in a 2007 ruling the supreme court held that the clean air act was unambiguous, that as a law the clean air act requires the government to act to keep the air clean. and when there are pollutants in

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