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Diana DeGette: “Frankly, I am glad that we haven't had wide systematic impacts, but it doesn't matter whether we have had it, if it…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
Frankly, I am glad that we haven't had wide systematic impacts, but it doesn't matter whether we have had it, if it could occur.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

DeGette expresses concern over potential risks of hydraulic fracturing to drinking water despite no widespread impacts.

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