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David Vitter: “Right. And just to be clear for the record, as of three weeks ago, the number of those new drilling permits in shallow…”

On the recordAugust 16, 2010
Right. And just to be clear for the record, as of three weeks ago, the number of those new drilling permits in shallow since the Deepwater Horizon explosion was zero.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Senator Vitter highlights the lack of new drilling permits post-Deepwater Horizon explosion.

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