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Ed Markey: Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would do very little to reduce our deficit in the next 10 years.

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would do very little to reduce our deficit in the next 10 years.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey argues that Arctic drilling won't significantly impact the deficit.

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