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On the recordSeptember 8, 1999
Can the Senator from California explain the impact, then, of the Hutchison amendment, how this will affect the royalty that is paid by the oil companies that want to drill for oil and make a profit from that oil off land owned by taxpayers?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the impact of the Hutchison amendment on oil royalties during Senate debate.

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