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Mike Rounds: “It seems to me that a moratorium since 2007-2008 would seem to be inappropriate to me.”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
It seems to me that a moratorium since 2007-2008 would seem to be inappropriate to me.
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Mike Rounds
Republican · South Dakota

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Senator Rounds questions the appropriateness of a long-standing moratorium.

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