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Rob Portman: “I think in her comments, she indicated that shallow drilling is off by about 50 percent since the moratorium.”

On the recordMay 16, 2011
I think in her comments, she indicated that shallow drilling is off by about 50 percent since the moratorium.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Portman references Senator Landrieu's statement on the decline of shallow drilling post-moratorium.

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