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Steve Scalise: When rigs leave, it has a cascading negative impact on America.

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
When rigs leave, it has a cascading negative impact on America.
Said by
Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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Scalise discusses the economic consequences of oil rigs leaving the U.S.

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