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On the recordMarch 23, 2023
This is not a climate policy question, right. That is not the jurisdiction of this committee.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Clarifying that airport resiliency issues are outside the committee's climate policy jurisdiction.

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