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Georgia lawmakers make bipartisan push to oppose offshore drilling while governor hedges
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal
While the governor sticks to cautious, measured responses to President Donald Trump’s proposal to expand oil drilling into waters off Georgia and its coastal neighbors, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants the Georgia legislature to formally denounce the energy plan as a threat to tourism and fishing.