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On the recordMarch 10, 2010
Do you agree that conditions could potentially be placed on you during the agreement, and why not just not wait for Congress, because if you wait for Congress to do something on access rules, I may be dead and gone by then.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Begich questions the need for Congressional action on access rules.

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