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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
And the last question is that climate change portends out-year costs for the Federal Government that ought to be budgeted, does it not?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Highlighting the need to budget for future climate change costs.

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