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On the recordJanuary 9, 2014
It is foolish to rush to open new areas to offshore drilling before we have heeded the lessons of the last disaster.
Said by
Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone warns against premature offshore drilling without learning from past disasters.

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