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Sheldon Whitehouse: “So, if we wonder why the Senate is the last place in America that still does not get it, that climate change is a real…”

On the recordMay 11, 2009
So, if we wonder why the Senate is the last place in America that still does not get it, that climate change is a real problem for our people and that carbon pollution is something that people should pay for when the emit it, big utilities, big industry, gee, connect the dots.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes Senate's inaction on climate change and pollution accountability.

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