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Sheldon Whitehouse: Let me shift to Ms. Arena for a moment. Your testimony makes comparisons between the tobacco industries' campaign of…

On the recordJune 21, 2023
Let me shift to Ms. Arena for a moment. Your testimony makes comparisons between the tobacco industries' campaign of fraud and what the fossil fuel industry is doing these days.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse prompts discussion on parallels between tobacco and fossil fuel disinformation.

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