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On the recordMarch 9, 2021
We are now trying to rebuild. But I think a lot of things got burned in those years.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses the challenges of rebuilding trust with the natural gas industry.

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