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On the recordMarch 25, 2014
I would be interested in your supplying to the committee any scientific basis for the statement that increased average temperatures actually increase respiratory disease among children.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker questions the scientific basis for claims linking temperature rise to respiratory diseases in children.

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