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On the recordMarch 21, 2023
What we do here now will not just have impacts for thousands of years, it will be remembered for thousands of years.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the long-term consequences of current actions on climate change.

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