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Louie Gohmert: “There is no prohibition against this Federal Government saying, 'We will lease the OCS, we will take our…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2009
There is no prohibition against this Federal Government saying, 'We will lease the OCS, we will take our three-sixteenths undivided interest to profits...'
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert argues for leasing offshore resources to fund energy exploration.

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