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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
No, no, no, no. Okay. Do any of you doubt that unusual risk is being caused by emissions from fossil fuel combustion? No, no, no, no, everybody accepts that that correlation exists, okay.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse asserts consensus on emissions causing unusual climate risks.

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