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James Lankford: “The thought that you are going to have a 2,500-mile pipeline overseen by 35 people begs reality.”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
The thought that you are going to have a 2,500-mile pipeline overseen by 35 people begs reality.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford critiques the job estimates for the Keystone Pipeline.

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