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Donna Edwards: Congress should acknowledge that we are not the experts, and that allowing partisan politics to dictate the scientific…

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
Congress should acknowledge that we are not the experts, and that allowing partisan politics to dictate the scientific understanding of climate change is cynical, short-sighted, and, by definition, ignorant.
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Donna Edwards
Democratic · Maryland

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Calls for Congress to respect scientific expertise over political agendas.

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