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On the recordApril 25, 2023
I think this is another evidence-free effort to try to interfere with [energy] competition for their fossil fuel overlords.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse dismisses concerns about wind energy affecting whales as unfounded.

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