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Jim Risch: “This moratorium discriminates against the people of Wyoming, against all western states with federal leases within our…”

On the recordApril 26, 2021
This moratorium discriminates against the people of Wyoming, against all western states with federal leases within our borders.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Criticism of federal leasing moratorium affecting Wyoming and western states.

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