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On the recordDecember 4, 2019
So a cost burden on us with no international constraint--the recent announcement by China just yesterday--will indicate that we will do this for nothing.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus critiques the lack of international cooperation in climate policy.

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