Protecting our oceans and coasts is an environmental and economic imperative.
Maria Cantwell: “Protecting our oceans and coasts is an environmental and economic imperative.”
On the recordJune 10, 2009
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Emphasizes the critical need to protect oceans for environmental and economic reasons.
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