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On the recordFebruary 4, 2021
and colleagues, I strongly urge opposition to this amendment. It simply makes no sense to take any tool--any tool--off the table in the existential fight against climate change. Obstructing the fight against climate change costs money due to cleanups from bigger storms, fires, and floods, and it costs America jobs. Move over, this is a budget focused on COVID recovery. This is a separate issue, colleagues, and it deserves its own debate. I would urge a ``no'' vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
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Feb 4, 2021

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