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Mitch Landrieu: “We ask the same, that the same process that is in the law for onshore oil and gas drilling be in the law for off-shore…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2004
We ask the same, that the same process that is in the law for onshore oil and gas drilling be in the law for off-shore oil and gas drilling. The onshore revenue provision has been in place since the early 1920s. The record is clear. This, basically, is the essence of what our bill does to mark the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Let's actually find a way to fund it. That is what our bill will do.
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Discussing legislation related to onshore and offshore oil and gas drilling and funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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