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Jimmy Gomez: “The oil industry's climate-denial campaign represents, I believe, a distortion of democracy.”

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
The oil industry's climate-denial campaign represents, I believe, a distortion of democracy.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

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Gomez criticizes the oil industry's influence on democracy regarding climate change.

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