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On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
Instead of opening additional areas for drilling, this bill raises fees and taxes, balloons government bureaucracy, rolls out more red tape, and delays greater wind, solar, oil and natural gas production.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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Hastings argues that the proposed bill creates obstacles to energy development.

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