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Senate Transportation, Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality subcommittee member Sen. David Vitter, R-La., asks a question of a witness during the subcommittee’s hearing on pharmaceutical water pollutants, Tuesday, April 15, 2008, on Capitol..