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On the recordJuly 11, 2025
The fossil fuel industry has run the biggest and most malevolent propaganda operation the country has ever seen.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes the fossil fuel industry's propaganda efforts.

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