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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
The Administration's response of a moratorium seems to be at a point where people are making it permanent.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso criticizes the administration's moratorium on offshore drilling.

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