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Maria Cantwell: “It's not really a guess. I mean, we're not sitting here going to guess about what's the shape of the next catastrophe.”

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
It's not really a guess. I mean, we're not sitting here going to guess about what's the shape of the next catastrophe.
Said by
Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Cantwell insists on the importance of understanding risks rather than guessing future catastrophes.

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