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Jason Chaffetz: “Would the gentleman help me understand why this resolution is needed at this time. I don't want to try to debate-- I…”

On the recordJune 9, 2010
Would the gentleman help me understand why this resolution is needed at this time. I don't want to try to debate-- I appreciate your passion for this topic. It's evident and I appreciate that. But given that we already passed the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act and authorized some $76 million, why the need for this additional resolution?
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Jason Chaffetz
Republican · Utah
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Jun 9, 2010

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Chaffetz questions the necessity of a new resolution on ocean acidification given existing legislation.

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