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On the recordOctober 5, 2021
We are going to pay far more not just in terms of dollars but in term of opportunity, in terms of lives lost, in terms of, you know, lack of security for our country and for the world if we do not take on climate change in reality.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
Source
msnbc.com

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Jayapal stresses the high stakes of addressing climate change and the costs of inaction.

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