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On the recordJanuary 27, 2021
The climate is an emergency and that the U.S. government needs to do more and that we need to lead the world on innovating and adopting and investing and confronting the climate disaster.
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

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Whitehouse urges the government to take more action on climate change.

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