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On the recordMay 16, 2011
Putting shallow water in the effective moratorium has cost jobs. It has cost the economy, and it has cost the production that would allow these prices in gasoline to be lower.
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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Hoeven criticizes the moratorium on shallow water drilling for harming jobs and the economy.

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