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On the recordJune 15, 2015
To argue that somehow the Federal Government impeded this technology, when in fact, it facilitated it, is just not accurate in terms of the historic record.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King refutes claims that the government hindered hydro fracking technology.

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