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Olympia Snowe: “Relegating them to the back bench is an egregious mistake that could have helped avert this devastation.”

On the recordMay 17, 2010
Relegating them to the back bench is an egregious mistake that could have helped avert this devastation.
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Snowe criticizes the lack of a mandatory role for NOAA and the Coast Guard in offshore drilling permits.

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