claim: Sen. George LeMieux voted to let oil companies off the hook and overturn pollution rules.
evidences.evidence_id: BP:2257
evidences.article: BP
evidences.evidence: "Big Oil Let Off Hook Days After EU Drops Wall Street Probe".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: United States Environmental Protection Agency:17
evidences.article: United States Environmental Protection Agency
evidences.evidence: The Environmental Protection Agency has the power to issue regulations.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: United States Environmental Protection Agency:202
evidences.article: United States Environmental Protection Agency
evidences.evidence: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program addresses water pollution by regulating point sources which discharge to US waters.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: United States Environmental Protection Agency:51
evidences.article: United States Environmental Protection Agency
evidences.evidence: Partly based on such litigation experience, Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, better known as the Clean Water Act.
evidences.votes: REFUTES REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: United States Environmental Protection Agency:54
evidences.article: United States Environmental Protection Agency
evidences.evidence: Four years later, in October 1976, Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act, which like FIFRA related to commercial products rather than pollution.
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS