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Bob Menendez: Does it really make sense to open areas where there is no existing oil and gas infrastructure?

On the recordMarch 16, 2009
Does it really make sense to open areas where there is no existing oil and gas infrastructure?
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Questions the logic of drilling in undeveloped areas.

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