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On the recordJuly 14, 2015
both Secretaries Jewell and Salazar of the Interior have testified that they are not aware of any harm from hydraulic fracturing over the 50 or 60 years of its history to human beings, or contamination of any water supply, which really begs the question in a period of an $18 trillion national debt, why we want to add another layer of regulations for fracturing and horizontal drilling.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana

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Fleming questions the need for more regulations on hydraulic fracturing given its historical safety record.

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