Trump does not plan to gut environmental laws to pass infrastructure plan, aide says

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President Trump does not want to end the country’s environmental regulatory acts in order to get his infrastructure plans passed through Congress, a top aide said Sunday.

White House legislative director Marc Short said on “Fox News Sunday” reports alleging Trump wants to cut up the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, among other environmental protection laws, are false.

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