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On the recordJune 13, 2016
What happens to American workers and their families when environmental activists succeed in blocking the construction of oil and gas pipelines?
Said by
John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso highlights the negative economic impact of blocking pipeline construction.

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