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Sheldon Whitehouse: “It is very real. We shouldn't kid ourselves. And it is an urgent challenge for our country and our world.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
It is very real. We shouldn't kid ourselves. And it is an urgent challenge for our country and our world.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the reality and urgency of climate change.

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