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On the recordMay 16, 2016
Why in the world would we want to bring the Federal Government and their record of success into an area that actually has an excellent record of managing resources for energy development, commercial and recreational fishing, and multiple other uses in the Gulf of Mexico?
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Graves questions the logic of increasing federal involvement in Gulf resource management.

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