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On the recordJuly 6, 2009
I think we are at kind of a danger point in that if anybody adds anything over here, the whole enterprise begins to lose credibility.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse warns about the credibility risks of excessive allowances in climate policy.

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