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Cynthia Lummis: “I don't understand how the President can claim to be committed to job creation and economic growth and still obstruct…”

On the recordMay 6, 2013
I don't understand how the President can claim to be committed to job creation and economic growth and still obstruct this project because it would support both.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis criticizes the President for blocking the Keystone XL pipeline despite its job creation potential.

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