On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
The junior Senator from Florida tells us, 'Despite 17 years of dramatic increases in carbon production by humans, surface temperatures [on] the earth have stabilized.'
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “The junior Senator from Florida tells us, 'Despite 17 years of dramatic increases in carbon production by humans…”
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Whitehouse references a claim made by a Florida Senator about temperature stabilization.
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