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On the recordMarch 10, 2014
We cannot wait for 2 or 3 or 4 years to act. The carbon pollution is real and the damage is real. It is time for this Chamber to act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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