On the recordJune 21, 2016
I distinctly remember driving to work in the morning on a nice summer day and hearing the radio station tell me that today is a bad air day in Rhode Island.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “I distinctly remember driving to work in the morning on a nice summer day and hearing the radio station tell me that…”
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Whitehouse recalls experiencing poor air quality in Rhode Island due to out-of-state pollution.
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