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Harley Rouda: The consensus on whether climate change is real is equivalent to the consensus on whether smoking causes cancer.

On the recordApril 8, 2019
The consensus on whether climate change is real is equivalent to the consensus on whether smoking causes cancer.
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Harley Rouda
California

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Rouda compares climate change denial to smoking denial, emphasizing scientific consensus.

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