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Jim McDermott: The long-term cost of inaction is surely much, much higher, and we fail to respond to it at our own peril.

On the recordMarch 11, 2009
The long-term cost of inaction is surely much, much higher, and we fail to respond to it at our own peril.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott warns about the dangers of not addressing climate change.

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