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Sheldon Whitehouse: “So, I would suggest if it is good enough for the oil industry itself, it might, at some point before too long, be good…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2017
So, I would suggest if it is good enough for the oil industry itself, it might, at some point before too long, be good enough for Congress to consider.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse advocates for Congress to consider carbon costs like the oil industry does.

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