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Chris Van Hollen: I think history will look back on the covert operation run by the fossil fuel industry against its own country to…

On the recordApril 14, 2021
I think history will look back on the covert operation run by the fossil fuel industry against its own country to debilitate and incapacitate our own Government from addressing this problem as one of history's vilest political acts.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes the fossil fuel industry's actions against government climate efforts.

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