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Lisa Murkowski: “My hope is that in addition to the questions that I had posed in my two letters to you, that we will not see a…”

On the recordMay 15, 2012
My hope is that in addition to the questions that I had posed in my two letters to you, that we will not see a pre-emptive veto.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski expresses concern about potential pre-emptive veto on Bristol Bay watershed development.

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