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On the recordMay 17, 2010
So isn't it true, Mr. Secretary, that as terrible as the tragedy is, that unless we want $14, $16, $18, $20 a gallon gasoline, that it is not realistic to think that we would actually stop drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico in the foreseeable future?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Questions the feasibility of halting Gulf drilling due to high gasoline prices.

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