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House hearing on ESG paints picture of two different Americas

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Representatives took jabs at the other party and expressed opposing views on the potential of ESG.

A House hearing Wednesday on ESG made two things clear: Republicans and Democrats have entirely different ideas of what it means, and there's no end in sight to the increasingly political division over the topic.

Republicans characterized the consideration of environmental, social and governance

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