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On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
This seems to be an extension of the old disapproved and discredited idea of the 'use it or lose it' theory from the last Congress.
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana

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Fleming critiques a new requirement in the CLEAR Act regarding federal oil and gas leases.

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