On the recordJuly 20, 2010
It's one of the reasons why I don't support opening up more of the Arctic, because if this catastrophe would have happened in the Arctic, we don't have any of the resources there.
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congress.govMaria Cantwell: “It's one of the reasons why I don't support opening up more of the Arctic, because if this catastrophe would have…”
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Cantwell opposes Arctic exploration due to lack of resources to handle potential catastrophes.
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