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On the recordMarch 8, 2011
The entire gulf coast economy has been hurt by the spill, and because we were already suffering from an economic recession, gulf coast residents have been hit harder than most.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

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Cochran discusses the economic impact of the Gulf oil spill on the coast.

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