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Maria Cantwell: “I think this previous hearing that we had about the coastal communities--it is literally 60 percent of our GDP, these…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2009
I think this previous hearing that we had about the coastal communities--it is literally 60 percent of our GDP, these coastal economies.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell highlights the economic significance of coastal communities.

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