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On the recordMay 16, 2011
Last year, following the oil spill, Chairman Bingaman, Senator Udall, and I introduced legislation that would have set aside $25 million a year from oil and gas royalties to fund oil spill R&D activities.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen discusses legislation for oil spill research funding post-spill.

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