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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
The previous President kept zeroing out the $75 million for drilling research, oil and gas research. As chairman of the committee, I kept putting it in.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan criticizes past funding cuts for drilling research and emphasizes his support for it.

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