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Bill Cassidy: “So what we have seen since, though, is not a recommendation that the President's blue ribbon commission is right, but…”

On the recordMay 10, 2011
So what we have seen since, though, is not a recommendation that the President's blue ribbon commission is right, but rather a regulatory hurdle set upon regulatory hurdle set upon regulatory hurdle. Now we have a notice to lessees which demands that which this amendment also demands, so we are going to have not just a notice to lessees, but we are going to have this amendment on top of it. At some point your hostility to an industry becomes hostility to workers, becomes hostility to our energy security and, frankly, becomes a hostility to our environment. I oppose this amendment. I think it is bad for our workers, I think it is bad for our economy, and I think it is bad for our environment.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana
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May 10, 2011

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