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Peter Welch: “We are having this bizarre debate about whether there's a…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Delivers Remarks on Trump's National Energy Emergency

Published | Video Starts at 03:12

What I don't understand is why you would kill jobs in the clean energy sector, that is producing cheaper power in good jobs. There's no justification for an executive or member of Congress doing that. The other final point is that We are having this bizarre debate about whether there's a climate situation caused by carbon emissions. Reality is, we all know it is happening. We're all victimized by these wild weather events. And there's only two explanations that explain the actions of the administration. (03:12–03:21)

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Asserts that there is an ongoing debate about the existence of climate change due to carbon emissions.

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