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On the recordJune 6, 2017
I simply do not understand why it is a bridge too far to ask the oil and gas industry to implement common sense measures.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Tom Udall criticizes the oil and gas industry's resistance to sensible regulations.

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