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On the recordJuly 18, 2017
The slate of bills before us today is a painful reminder of how far we have moved away from the bipartisan agreement that Democrats and Republicans used to share over a core set of values, the values of conservation and respect for science, in particular.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman reflects on the decline of bipartisan support for conservation values.

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