July 31, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders, Markey, Merkley, and Warren Send Letter to Attorney General Urging DOJ to Bring Lawsuits Against the Fossil Fuel Industry
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Nov. 1, 2022
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Tweet - "Oil Profits So Far This Year Exxon:⬆️203% to $43 billion Chevron:⬆️175% to $29 billion BP:⬆️161% to $22.8 billion Shell:⬆️133% to $30 billion Big Oil is using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to make obscene profits by jacking up gas prices. Yes. We need a windfall profits tax."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Oct. 27, 2022
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Tweet - "Corporate greed is Shell making a record $21 billion in profits over the last 2 quarters and spending $26 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year to enrich its wealthy stockholders while working class Americans struggle to pay $4, $5, $6 for a gallon of gas."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Oct. 16, 2022
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Tweet - "The Saudi Arabian regime treats women as third-class citizens, tortures civilians, and now is siding with Putin in the war against Ukraine. Yes, we must pull US troops out of Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons, and end its price-fixing oil cartel."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Oct. 5, 2022
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Tweet - "OPEC's decision to cutback on production is a blatant attempt to increase gas prices at the pump that cannot stand. We must end OPEC's illegal price-fixing cartel, eliminate military assistance to Saudi Arabia, and move aggressively to renewable energy."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Sept. 26, 2022
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Tweet - "It may be a radical idea to some of my Senate colleagues & in the editorial rooms of newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch & Jeff Bezos, but I do believe the future of the planet is more important than the short term profits of the fossil fuel industry. Defeat the Big Oil side deal."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Sept. 11, 2022
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Tweet - "I'm once again asking my colleagues in the Senate to look at what is happening around the world and find the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel industry."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Sept. 8, 2022
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Tweet - "Combating climate change is more important than fossil fuel profits. I will not vote for any bill that makes it easier for Big Oil to destroy the planet and that includes approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Continuing Resolution must not be held hostage by Big Oil."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Aug. 8, 2022
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Tweet - "2nd Quarter Profits Exxon: $17.9 billion - highest ever Chevron: $11.62 billion - highest ever Shell: $11.5 billion - highest ever BP: $8.5 billion - highest in 14 years The UN Secretary General is right: This "grotesque greed" is destroying the planet and punishing the poor."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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July 2, 2022
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Tweet - "President Biden is right: The big oil companies must stop profiteering and bring down gas prices. But we need more than a tweet. It's time for the President to demand that Congress pass a windfall profits tax on Big Oil and use the revenue to provide rebates to consumers NOW!"
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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July 1, 2022
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Tweet - "Average Price of a Gallon of Gas: U.S.: $4.84 France: $8.11 Germany: $7.46 South Korea: $6.33 South Africa: $5.61 India: $4.99 The skyrocketing price of gas is not just an American problem. The greed of Big Oil CEOs is an international problem. We need a windfall profits tax."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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June 25, 2022
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Tweet - "Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2022: $35 billion Average Price of Gas today: $4.91 Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2019: $13.8 billion Average Gas Price: $2.69 Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2015: $13.1 billion Average Gas Price: $2.41 Yes. We need a windfall profits tax."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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June 15, 2022
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Tweet - "President Biden is absolutely right. The big oil companies are making obscene profits gouging working Americans at an unprecedented level. Democrats in Congress should support the president's fight against their greed and enact a windfall profits tax NOW."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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May 24, 2022
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Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Whitehouse, Khanna, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer to Bring Big Oil Windfall Profit Tax to the Floor
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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March 10, 2022
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Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Susie Lee Demands Investigations Into Price Gouging by Oil Companies
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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March 2, 2022
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Letter to Chet Thompson, President and CEO of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers - Rush, McNerney, Energy Subcommittee Members Press American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers on Russian Oil Imports
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Jan. 7, 2022
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Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Consumer Protection from Rising Gas, Home Heating, and Energy Costs
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Dec. 23, 2021
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Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith Push HHS to Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Oct. 8, 2021
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Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; and Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Congressmen Alan Lowenthal, Mike Levin Lead Letter to House Leadership Urging Retention of Offshore Drilling Provisions in Build Back Better Act
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Aug. 23, 2021
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Letter to Jaime A. Pinkham, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Works - House and Senate Lawmakers Call on Biden Administration to Immediately Suspend Clean Water Act Permit for Line 3 Pipeline
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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July 27, 2021
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Letter to Hon. Debra Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Heinrich, Lowenthal Lead Bicameral Letter Urging Interior Department To Reverse Course On Massive Arctic Drilling Project
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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April 15, 2021
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Markey Joins Sanders, Omar and Colleagues to Introduce the End Polluter Welfare Act
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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April 15, 2021
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NEWS: Sanders, Omar and Colleagues Introduce the End Polluter Welfare Act
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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April 15, 2021
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Van Hollen Joins Sanders, Omar, and Colleagues in Introducing the End Polluter Welfare Act
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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April 14, 2021
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Van Hollen Joins Merkley, Huffman to Get the Federal Government out Of the Fossil Fuel Business
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Jan. 15, 2021
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Letter to President-Elect Biden - Menendez, Booker Call for Strengthened Regulations of Methane Emissions from Oil, Natural Gas Production
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Jan. 15, 2021
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Letter to President-Elect to Joe Biden - Feinstein, Heinrich, Colleagues Call for Strengthened Regulations of Methane Emissions from Oil, Natural Gas Production
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Dec. 23, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior - Sen. Warren and Rep. Welch Lead Letter on Trump Administration Failure to Address Millions of Orphan Oil and Gas Wells That Continue to Emit Methane and Toxic Chemicals
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Dec. 16, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Department of the Interior - Bennet Joins Letter Opposing Last-Minute Oil and Gas Lease Sale & Seismic Exploration in Arctic Refuge
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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July 24, 2020
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Omar, Sanders, Merkley, Markey, Barragán Introduce Bill to End Corporate Handouts to the Fossil Fuel Industry
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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May 13, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Tlaib, Merkley Lead Bicameral Letter Opposing Fed Bailout of Oil and Gas Industry
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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May 5, 2020
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ReWIND Act Prohibits Bailout of Fossil Fuel Industry with Cares Act Funds During Public Health Crisis
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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May 5, 2020
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Merkley, Barragán Introduce Legislation to Put Families Above Fossil Fuel Corporations
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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March 13, 2020
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Senators Markey, Merkley, and Sanders to Trump: No Bailout for Oil Executives
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Feb. 20, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Van Hollen, Merkley, Colleagues Press Interior Secretary to Protect the Arctic from New Oil and Gas Drilling
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Feb. 12, 2020
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Soto, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Merkley Unveil Bill to Ban Fracking Nationwide
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Feb. 7, 2020
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New Hampshire Democratic Primary Debate
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Jan. 31, 2020
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Lead First-Ever Bill to Ban Fracking Nationwide
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Jan. 30, 2020
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Letter to Jaime Dimon, CEO and President of JP Morgan Chase & Co., Michael Corbat, CEO of Citigroup, Inc., Michael Roberts, President and CEO of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Richard Fairbank, Chairman and CEO of Capital One Financial Corp., William Demchak, Chairman, President, and CEO of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Greg Braca, President and CEO of TD Bank, and Charles Scharf, CEO and President of Wells Fargo & Co. - Van Hollen Joins Heinrich, Democratic Colleagues in Urging Top U.S. Banks to Not Finance Arctic Drilling
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Jan. 23, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary for the Department of the Interior - 48 House Members in Calling on Interior Dept. to Maintain Artic Wilderness Protections
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Jan. 21, 2020
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior - Congressman Lowenthal Leads 47 House Members In Calling On Interior Dept To Maintain Arctic Wilderness Protections
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Nov. 25, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Lawmakers urge EPA to drop its plan to undo methane waste rule
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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Nov. 1, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chair of the Committee on Appropriations, Letter to the Hon. Betty McCollum, Chair of the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies - Rep. Huffman, Sen. Markey Push for Accountability, Protecting the Arctic and American Taxpayers
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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April 10, 2019
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Letter to Acting Secretary Bernhardt - Demand Transparency, Public Input for Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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March 20, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior - Schumer, Gillibrand Demand Answers on Acting Secretary of Interior's Plan for Offshore Drilling
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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Jan. 22, 2019
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Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior, and Dr. Walter Cruickshank, Acting Director for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - Lawmakers Slam Trump Admin for Putting Big Oil Interests Ahead of Federal Workers
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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July 18, 2018
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Letter to Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S. Department of the Interior - Feinstein, Cantwell, Colleagues To Zinke: Eroding Key Safety, Environmental Protections Risks Coastal Economy
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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June 15, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - You Need To Follow The Law
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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June 15, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - Don't Sacrifice the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Oil & Gas Drilling
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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April 19, 2018
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Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of Interior - NM Democrats, 106 Senators & House Members to Zinke: Don't Let BLM Rescind the Methane Rule
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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