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On the recordNovember 15, 2011
Over the past 10 years in the leasing of the last 10 leases in the Gulf of Mexico dating back to August of 2005, the Interior Department has offered more than 39,000 tracts to oil companies to drill.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the lack of interest from oil companies in offshore drilling leases.

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