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Rob Wittman: “I think we have understood what happened with the accident down there in the Gulf, and currently no lease sale could…”

On the recordApril 24, 2013
I think we have understood what happened with the accident down there in the Gulf, and currently no lease sale could take place off of Virginia until 2017.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

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Wittman discusses the impact of Gulf accident on Virginia's lease sales.

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