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Lisa Murkowski: “I do believe that the concerns that have been expressed by a number of industries, state and local governments, I think…”

On the recordApril 2, 2012
I do believe that the concerns that have been expressed by a number of industries, state and local governments, I think we recognize this is yet another attempt by the executive branch to tell us how we can and how we cannot use our oceans and our coast.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Concern over federal control of ocean and coastal resource management.

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