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On the recordFebruary 5, 2020
So, yeah, I think you would be hard pressed to find an indigenous person that wasn't completely consumed with worrying about Mother Earth and climate change, so thank you for that question.
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Chellie Pingree
Democratic · Maine

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Pingree emphasizes the concern indigenous people have for climate change.

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