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Jared Huffman: “If you believe that we have the luxury of time, if you believe that we have the luxury of incrementalism, I would submit…”

On the recordApril 3, 2019
If you believe that we have the luxury of time, if you believe that we have the luxury of incrementalism, I would submit that you are in the wrong room and probably in the wrong century.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Huffman emphasizes urgency in addressing the climate crisis.

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