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Michael Burgess: “Why is it OK to build the pipeline from Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico, disrupt the lives of hard-working Texans, when…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
Why is it OK to build the pipeline from Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico, disrupt the lives of hard-working Texans, when the Administration apparently never had any intention of completing the other part of the pipeline that would actually make it economically relevant and economically beneficial to the Nation?
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess questions the administration's decision-making regarding the pipeline's completion.

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