It is insulting for a member of this Senate to come in here and to suggest that this hearing... demonstrates that Members of the Congress are wholly owned by the fossil fuel industry.
Roger Wicker: “It is insulting for a member of this Senate to come in here and to suggest that this hearing... demonstrates that…”
On the recordJune 8, 2016
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Wicker defends the integrity of Congress against accusations of fossil fuel industry influence.
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