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Frank Lautenberg: When there's a fire, firefighters do not sit on their hands and wait for it to get worse. They run to put it out.

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
When there's a fire, firefighters do not sit on their hands and wait for it to get worse. They run to put it out.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg compares climate change to a fire needing immediate action.

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