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On the recordApril 22, 2021
Well, let`s start with the ag bill which we went to the press conference day before yesterday, I want to say. It has 20, Republican co-sponsors. And it will instruct the Department of Agriculture to build a verifiable carbon offset so that farmers can say, if I do this, if I do this, if I do this, will I get carbon credit for this.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

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Discussing bipartisan support for agricultural emissions and carbon credits.

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