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On the recordDecember 1, 2011
I have heard all the scare tactics from the friends on the other side that this is a very corrosive, difficult product to handle, but I think engineers over the years have developed ways of handling that.
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley defends engineering advancements in handling oil pipelines.

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