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On the recordApril 8, 2019
If we do not act now, we are nearing a point of no return when it comes to our retirement, when it comes to our health, when it comes to our economy.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel warns about the critical consequences of inaction on climate change.

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