Senate Budget Committee Chairman Whitehouse Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Climate Crisis
February 10, 2024
February 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Jan. 24, 2024, entitled "Warming Seas, Cooling Economy: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Ocean Industries":
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These hearings on the economic and budgetary costs of climate change press the point that caring about debt and deficits requires caring about climate change. From creeping climate inflation . . .
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These hearings on the economic and budgetary costs of climate change press the point that caring about debt and deficits requires caring about climate change. From creeping climate inflation . . .