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Lisa Murkowski: “I certainly concur we have had a lot of hearings, but I ask the majority whip why we did not have any markups. Why did…”

On the recordApril 16, 2002
I certainly concur we have had a lot of hearings, but I ask the majority whip why we did not have any markups. Why did the majority leader forbid our committee from having markups after the hearings, when a majority of the committee supported ANWR? I would certainly appreciate any enlightenment. The only thing I have ever heard is that it was perhaps controversial. But I certainly defer to the whip to advise us as to what the rationale was of forbidding any markups.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the lack of markups in the committee process regarding ANWR.

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