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Mark Begich: “I look forward to further discussion on this because I think we have to be real about what these costs will be, because…”

On the recordMay 8, 2013
I look forward to further discussion on this because I think we have to be real about what these costs will be, because they will not be in the thousands, they will not be in the millions. They will be in the billions because of the amount of shore requirements, just what we saw with the climate change that created the storm in the Northeast.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Begich emphasizes the significant financial impact of climate change on infrastructure.

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