帕潘德里欧在投票前最后一次寻求支持的讲话中说：“如果我们害怕，如果我们放弃这次机会，那么历史将会非常严厉地审判我们。”

“If we are afraid, if we throw away this opportunity, then history will judge us very harshly,” Mr Papandreou said in a final appeal for support before the vote.

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潘基文还透露，在众议院通过气候变化法案前，他不但与所有众议院委员会成员集体会面，还和每个人单独会过面。

Ban also revealed that he had met all the committee members of the House of Representatives both individually and collectively, before the it passed its climate bill.

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听证会的气氛使人回想起35年前的水门事件国会听证。格林斯潘被问到他何时知道存在着住房泡沫以及他又是何时告知公众这一点的。

In an echo of the Watergate hearings 35 years ago, Mr. Greenspan was asked when he knew there was a housing bubble and when he told the public about it.

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