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Alan Lowenthal: “But destroying a wilderness to get a $1 billion offset to a $1.5 trillion tax bill is clearly not about fiscal…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019
But destroying a wilderness to get a $1 billion offset to a $1.5 trillion tax bill is clearly not about fiscal responsibility.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lowenthal criticizes the financial rationale behind drilling in the Arctic Refuge as irresponsible.

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