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On the recordMarch 12, 2002
It is not a movement of rapidity. We passed opening ANWR in 1995, as the Senator from Massachusetts will recall, and it was vetoed.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the history of efforts to open ANWR during Senate debate.

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