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On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
Leave it. Leave it alone. Let it be what it has always been. Natural. Undisturbed.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey argues against oil drilling in ANWR, advocating for its preservation.

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