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Darren Soto: “We are dealing with a giant tourism, fishing economy on the East Coast, one that would make any small economic benefit…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2017
We are dealing with a giant tourism, fishing economy on the East Coast, one that would make any small economic benefit of trying to open this up for oil drilling be very short-sighted
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Darren Soto
Democratic · Florida

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Soto emphasizes the economic risks of oil drilling on the East Coast.

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