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Sean Casten: “The climate crisis is an urgent one. Regardless of what many of my colleagues may think, we do not have time to debate…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
The climate crisis is an urgent one. Regardless of what many of my colleagues may think, we do not have time to debate settled science, and we cannot avoid this issue.
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

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Casten emphasizes the urgency of addressing the climate crisis without delay.

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