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On the recordJune 23, 2010
I am looking at a moratorium that, to me, is causing additional unnecessary economic harm to a region that is already suffering.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso argues the moratorium is harming an already struggling economic region.

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