A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. A senator i ask the quorum call be vitiated. Mr. Hoeven thank you, mr. President. I rise today to make the case for lifting the 40yearold ban on exporting crude oil. It will benefit not only my home state of north dakota but our nation and our allies in a host of different ways. He thatsie worked hard to include legislation repealing the ban in the yearend Legislation Congress now has under consideration. Importantly, this is mustpass legislation, meaning that it will be very hard for the president to veto the oil exporl export ban. Taken together, the reasons for lifting the Oil Export Ban are very powerful. Doing so would encourage more Domestic Production. It would increase the Global Supply of crude oil, reducing the cost at the pump for our consumers, particularly over the long term. It will help grow our economy and create goodpaying jobs for our citizens. And the last reason is vital the important as
The casino for a party. You could get almost anything you wanted. Reporter folks leaving river rock this afternoon says it was empty inside the tent like structure. There were three cars in the parking lot when we got here and you could virtually not see anyone else playing. Reporter river rock declined to talk to us but its gaming chairman commissioner says revenue is down at least 30 . Some say more like 45 . A tenyear bus driver for river rock invites me on the bulls. He says people used to fight over these seats. Now he is lucky if the bus is 10 full. A huge drop in employees and a huge major drop it customers. Reporter in fact, about 100 workers have left river rock to go work at graton. A slots supervisor at river rock says many of those workers live closer to the new casino. Theres a lot of options for people to go other places so, you know, graton has impacted us a little bit. A hit. Reporter many people say its hard for river rock and other smaller casinos to compete. They are
A councillor is calling for free parking at 15 council-owned car parks in Enniskillen and Omagh on the three Saturdays before Christmas, despite opposition from local businesses.
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