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On the recordMay 17, 2010
the proposed changes in onshore potentially hand significant control over oil and gas exploration, development, and production to the whims of those that profess--and these are his words--'a nowhere, not ever philosophy to surface disturbance of any kind.'
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso quotes the Wyoming Governor's concerns about onshore policy changes affecting oil and gas control.

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