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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
It may be an inconvenient truth but there is still a de facto moratorium against serious offshore drilling in the waters that surround the United States.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert discusses the ongoing moratorium on offshore drilling despite its official lifting.

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