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Steve Scalise: 50 percent of the businesses in the oil and gas industry have laid off workers as a result of your policies.

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
50 percent of the businesses in the oil and gas industry have laid off workers as a result of your policies.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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Scalise criticizes policies causing layoffs in the oil and gas industry.

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