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On the recordMay 2, 2023
Will you commit to fully defending your own Department's decisions to issue these leases and permits in court?
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso asks Secretary Haaland to defend the Department's lease decisions in court.

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