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On the recordMarch 3, 2010
I think particularly if you look at the explosion of litigation over the course of a decade, it is hard to believe there is that much local issue, there is a national concern here.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

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Cole discusses the litigation hindering fossil fuel development on federal lands.

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