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Sam Farr: “This is an argument about if it is not good, just do a little bit. But if it is not good, that is like saying if we were…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2001
This is an argument about if it is not good, just do a little bit. But if it is not good, that is like saying if we were going to drill on Capitol Hill, it is all right, because it is just a little bit. Where would you begin? Is a little bit of drilling under the Capitol okay? How about a little bit of drilling under the Library of Congress, or a little bit of drilling under the Supreme Court? Which drilling is okay? Obviously neither. Neither on the Hill, our Hill, nor in the Arctic Refuge.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California
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Discussing the implications of drilling in sensitive areas during a debate.

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