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| 3/6/2006 | |
| Last week, the legislative leaders made it clear that they don’t intend to move a controversial, industry-backed drilling bill anytime soon. The bill, which Rep. Hagan (50-Alliance) had originally planned to introduce within the next few weeks, would open Ohio’s public lands—including state parks, forests, nature preserves, and Lake Erie—to oil and gas drilling. | |
| “In a vote of 20-2, with Republicans walking out on the vote, an American treasure received emergency help today from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources. Recognizing that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, Sub-committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) showed his courageous leadership by calling for a pause on a mining boom in the area of one of our most valued national treasures. | |
