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On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
I think we are at the point now that President Obama needs to sign, using the Antiquities Act of 1906.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey urges President Obama to use executive power to protect the Arctic Refuge.

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