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Chris Murphy: “The idea that the body that I sat in was not going to do anything about the fact that by the end of the century at a…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2015
The idea that the body that I sat in was not going to do anything about the fact that by the end of the century at a moment when I hope that either or both my 3-year-old and 7-year-old are still going to be on this earth, the global temperatures are going to be 6 to 10 degrees higher.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy expresses concern over Senate inaction on climate change affecting future generations.

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