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Frank Pallone: We should not be risking our fishing and tourism industries, sustainable industries that bring in over $45 billion each…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2014
We should not be risking our fishing and tourism industries, sustainable industries that bring in over $45 billion each year and support half a million jobs in New Jersey alone.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Pallone emphasizes the economic importance of fishing and tourism over offshore drilling.

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