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Paul Tonko: The very real and urgent threat of climate change is not just the issue of the day, it is the issue of our time.

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
The very real and urgent threat of climate change is not just the issue of the day, it is the issue of our time.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Highlighting climate change as a critical contemporary issue.

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