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On the recordJuly 6, 2009
We need to think of a way to be fair to communities like Rhode Island which took the hard step of getting off coal early on.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Advocating for fairness in climate legislation for early adopters of clean energy.

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