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[THEHILL] Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) suggested on Earth Day that the Senate should spend more time talking about climate change issues.
"I'm here to suggest we talk more about climate change so that we can agree on taking action to address it," Franken said Monday. "The Senate cannot afford to ignore climate change, we need to talk about it."
Franken pointed out that 98 out of 100 scientist say climate change is real and needs to be dealt with. He said people outside Washington, D.C., understand this.
"Many of my other colleagues I suspect don't talk about climate change because it would require making some difficult choices," Franken said. "If we don't act now it will be far more costly later." |