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John Dingell: “This committee, and the Republican-controlled House, has become one of the last remaining refuges of the flat-Earth…”

On the recordJune 12, 2013
This committee, and the Republican-controlled House, has become one of the last remaining refuges of the flat-Earth society.
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John Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

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Critiques Congress for ignoring climate science and failing to act.

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