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On the recordJuly 26, 2023
If it's going to be spent to mitigate climate change, I would argue it's probably going to be misspent because I don't think there's anything we can really do to hold back the tides.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Johnson expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of spending on climate change mitigation.

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