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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
Mitigating and adapting to climate change is the issue of our time. It is an existential problem, one that we have waited much too long to take seriously.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat emphasizes the urgent need to address climate change as a critical issue.

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