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Rhiannon12866

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Thu May 16, 2024, 11:52 PM May 2024

Chairman Whitehouse Opens Budget Hearing on Climate Change and the Costs to National Security - Senator Whitehouse



May 15 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a Budget Committee hearing, titled “Budgeting for the Storm: Climate Change and the Costs to National Security.”

The hearing examined the strain that the looming climate crisis is placing on our defense and national security operations and infrastructure.

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Chairman Whitehouse Opens Budget Hearing on Climate Change and the Costs to National Security - Senator Whitehouse (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2024 OP
Senator Whitehouse is one of our strongest assets in the fight for common sense. Think. Again. May 2024 #1
Agreed! He is the most persistent regarding fighting climate change and in calling out SCOTUS corruption Rhiannon12866 May 2024 #2

Rhiannon12866

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2. Agreed! He is the most persistent regarding fighting climate change and in calling out SCOTUS corruption
Fri May 17, 2024, 05:01 AM
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