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Bill Foster: “This hearing, to my mind, is just another example of a rear action by a group of people who didn't accept the facts of…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
This hearing, to my mind, is just another example of a rear action by a group of people who didn't accept the facts of climate change and are abusing their positions in the Majority to undertake hearings that will in fact end up being a giant waste of taxpayer money.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster criticizes the hearing as a misuse of resources due to denial of climate change facts.

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