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On the recordSeptember 16, 1997
And so when the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Senator from Alaska, states that he has a number of questions about the very complicated transactions for these two projects proposed by the President and wishes to deal with those in the normal course of authorizing legislation, he, the Senator from Alaska, in the view of the Senator from New Mexico, is taking a quite reasonable position?
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Discussing the complexities of proposed energy projects during a Senate committee meeting.

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