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On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
We are at a critical crossroads in this country in our energy policy, and if we decide to do nothing, which I sense is what the Republicans want is to do nothing, it is going to lead to more carbon pollution, more droughts and floods, and other extreme weather events, more billion-dollar disasters and relief bills to pay for them by the taxpayers.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman warns against inaction on energy policy leading to environmental disasters.

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