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Ed Markey: I oppose it and ask instead that you join the nearly 1 million people from every State in this union who just this past…

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
I oppose it and ask instead that you join the nearly 1 million people from every State in this union who just this past week expressed to our government that no oil drilling should take place in the Arctic Refuge and that, instead, it should be protected as designated wilderness.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey urges opposition to oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge, advocating for its protection.

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