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Ed Whitfield: Without my bill this pipeline will not do a thing to enhance the security of our country or of our brave men and women…

On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
Without my bill this pipeline will not do a thing to enhance the security of our country or of our brave men and women stationed all over the world for purposes of protecting our fossil fuel interests.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield claims the pipeline won't improve U.S. security without his proposed legislation.

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