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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Angus King Challenges Interior Secretary On Offshore Drilling
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-03-14 07:52:47
	Description:		Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine questioned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday on a proposal to open most of the coastal areas of the United States to exploratory drilling for gas and oil. King used a hearing on the Interior Department budget to press Zinke to pay attention to the opposition that’s coming from from the state of Maine. He told Zinke that the Maine Legislature, as well as the state’s congressional delegation, are all opposed to drilling off Maine’s coast, and he points to the scores of Mainers who traveled to Augusta in last week’s blizzard to testify against the proposal. “The coastal economy of Maine is enormously dependent upon fisheries, lobster and visitors throughout the year, so I hope that will be taken into consideration,” he said. King asked Zinke to exempt Maine waters from consideration for drilling, as the secretary did for the state of Florida. As he and King sparred over the issue, Zinke defended his decision to exempt Florida for a number
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