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On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
It also makes no sense to open up a pristine area like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge when the oil companies are choosing not to drill on millions of acres they're already leasing.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions the need to drill in the Arctic when existing leases are unused.

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