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On the recordJuly 1, 2010
I will, though, take comfort in telling our workers and small businesses in the Gulf Coast who will lose their jobs, are losing their jobs and losing their businesses due to the drilling moratorium, that they are, quote, 'a small price to pay' for this over-reactionary and politically advantageous policymaking here in Washington.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

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Brady criticizes the drilling moratorium's impact on Gulf Coast workers.

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