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Ron Johnson: “The debate is to what extent does man cause it?”

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Whitehouse Introduces Resolution To Acknowledge Climate Change Is Real–Then Ron Johnson Blocks It

Published May 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 14:30

So I mean make no mistakes, the simple resolution. By the way, I don't deny climate change. Climate change is real. It's always changed, it always will. The debate is to what extent does man cause it? And I would argue an even greater debate would be what could we do about it? (14:30–14:34)

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Asserts that there is a debate about the extent of human contribution to climate change.

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