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Brian Babin: The biggest disaster will be the chilling of First Amendment rights for free speech and the arena of thought and ideas…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
The biggest disaster will be the chilling of First Amendment rights for free speech and the arena of thought and ideas for our scientists.
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Brian Babin
Republican · Texas

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Babin warns that restricting climate change dissent threatens free speech and scientific inquiry.

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