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Veronica Escobar: we had to pass climate action legislation through reconciliation without a single Republican vote.

On the recordSeptember 28, 2022
we had to pass climate action legislation through reconciliation without a single Republican vote.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

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Escobar highlights the partisan divide on climate legislation.

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