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On the recordJuly 15, 2009
there is a very strong do nothing caucus in the Senate. Their emotion is fear, their goal is doubt...
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes a Senate group opposing action on environmental issues.

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