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Lisa Murkowski: “So, we would not then--we, the American public, would not see that benefit there in terms of----”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
So, we would not then--we, the American public, would not see that benefit there in terms of----
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the public benefit of land exchanges if mining proceeds without legislation.

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