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John W. Peterson: “Folks, if we're serious about cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, we can get affordable energy for America by producing…”

On the recordJune 5, 2008
Folks, if we're serious about cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, we can get affordable energy for America by producing offshore. Every country in the world produces here. We're the only country that doesn't, and we can have $20 billion, which is exactly what the Chesapeake Bay people need to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, and we can have affordable natural gas and oil for America. Folks, we need to have supply.
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John W. Peterson
Pennsylvania

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Discussing the need for offshore energy production to fund Chesapeake Bay cleanup.

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