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Steve Scalise: “We have lost about a dozen deepwater rigs, billion-dollar-plus assets that have left the Gulf of Mexico because they…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
We have lost about a dozen deepwater rigs, billion-dollar-plus assets that have left the Gulf of Mexico because they can't get permits because of the President's own policies.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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Scalise highlights the loss of oil rigs due to Obama's policies.

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