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Al Franken: I think that we can all agree that someone had to make a call one way or the other on the moratorium.

On the recordJune 22, 2011
I think that we can all agree that someone had to make a call one way or the other on the moratorium.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken discusses the necessity of decisions made regarding the moratorium after the oil spill.

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