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John Kerry: “I will just say to my friend from Rhode Island, when I was in this discussion with the British minister just last week…”

On the recordOctober 21, 1997
I will just say to my friend from Rhode Island, when I was in this discussion with the British minister just last week, he was quite dumbstruck, in fact, that Senators here are still questioning the science or that some people want to make an issue out of the science. There is almost a universal European acceptance among those in Government of the science. They really have stepped beyond that debate. The debate now is not over the science. The debate is how do you really deal with this the best. The Senator from Rhode Island pointed out Ford Motor Co. Let me just share with my colleague the environmental commitment statement by the insurance industry. The insurance industry in America is increasingly concerned about this.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing climate change and the acceptance of its science during Senate floor debate.

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