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On the recordJune 8, 2016
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.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker defends the integrity of Congress against accusations of fossil fuel industry influence.

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