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On the recordDecember 4, 2017
Did that report on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act take into account any health or climate benefits from regulating carbon emissions?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse questions the report's consideration of health benefits.

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