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On the recordApril 10, 2018
I represent the State of Maine. We are part of the Gulf of Maine, which is warming at a rate about 99 percent faster than the oceans around the world.
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Chellie Pingree
Democratic · Maine

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Pingree highlights the rapid warming of the Gulf of Maine and its implications.

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