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On the recordApril 8, 2019
it is fair to conclude that industry--fossil fuel industry lobbyists are largely responsible for our failure to act on climate change a generation ago
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez asserts fossil fuel lobbyists hindered climate action historically.

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