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Alan Lowenthal: This discussion draft makes a clear statement: our shared public lands and waters are only worth the oil and gas that we…

On the recordJune 13, 2018
This discussion draft makes a clear statement: our shared public lands and waters are only worth the oil and gas that we can wring out of them.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal emphasizes the bill's focus on oil and gas at the expense of public lands.

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