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On the recordMarch 7, 2017
While you no longer propose to eliminate the Department of Energy, your budget request would do grievous harm to American families by abandoning scientific innovation and ignoring the pressing threat of climate change.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey criticizes the budget cuts for undermining scientific progress and climate action.

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