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On the recordOctober 16, 2013
So I ask my Republican friends, how is climate denial a winning strategy when 53 percent of your own young voters think it is ignorant, out of touch, or crazy? How is that looking ahead? We in Congress get elected to look ahead. We don't get elected to put our heads in the sand. We certainly don't get elected to parrot the lies of the special interests. Well, we are not looking ahead. We are sound asleep here in Congress. We are having a snooze while nature's alarms are ringing all around us. It is time for Congress to wake up. We have a duty. We need to wake up to our duty. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Oct 16, 2013

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