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Sheldon Whitehouse: “My belief is that the Vitter amendment gets rid of the death zone.”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
My belief is that the Vitter amendment gets rid of the death zone.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Expresses support for an amendment that addresses regulatory delays.

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