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Scott Peters: “This is above all an emergency, and not just any emergency. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
This is above all an emergency, and not just any emergency. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Highlighting the severity of the climate crisis.

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