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Bobby Rush: “In your professional opinion, do you anticipate that climate change will continue to play a significant role in…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
In your professional opinion, do you anticipate that climate change will continue to play a significant role in threatening the Nation's energy infrastructure due to more frequently occurring superstorms, hurricanes, and other natural disasters, including heat waves, droughts, fires, and floods?
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush questions the impact of climate change on energy infrastructure.

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