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On the recordJune 30, 2010
But that's not what we're doing. Just today we had a hearing on the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee's bill, the CLEAR Act, to regulate offshore drilling, onshore drilling, all drilling, all energy production here in this country. And Secretary Salazar defended his moratorium that's going to kill over 100,000 jobs in this country.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia
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govinfo.gov
Jun 30, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is criticizing the government's approach to energy regulation and its impact on jobs.

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