08/23/2009
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"Banning offshore drilling will not keep industry workers safe and it won't prevent our shores from the threat of an oil spill."
"I believe that the right course is reducing our oil consumption by promoting safe and clean alternative energy while increasing our domestic production."
"We need to examine closely the extent to which each of these systems failed to do what it was supposed to do."
"I intend to work with Senator Murkowski, the ranking member, and other members of the committee on a bipartisan basis."