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Gerry Connolly: “I was surprised and disappointed, Mr. Chairman, that the House majority rejected that simple amendment, calling into…”

On the recordDecember 15, 2011
I was surprised and disappointed, Mr. Chairman, that the House majority rejected that simple amendment, calling into question the motives underlying the push to approve the Keystone pipeline.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly expresses disappointment over the rejection of an amendment related to the Keystone pipeline.

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