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On the recordFebruary 28, 2012
I think we all recognize, and it's explicit in the comments, that we don't want to trade access to the very valuable petroleum and carbon resources at the cost of degraded water supplies and environmental problems.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the need to balance resource access with environmental protection.

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