Representative Dan Boren (left), chatting with state Senator Richard Lerblance, has been a good friend to the industry.
(brandon thibodeaux/the new york times)
Lawmaker shares in gas industry wealth
Representative Dan Boren (left), chatting with state Senator Richard Lerblance, has been a good friend to the industry.
(brandon thibodeaux/the new york times)
Gas money is transforming vast stretches of Oklahoma. Here, 40 miles west of the state capital, crews work through the night drilling new wells deep into the earth, and a small army of laborers rips through just-planted fields of winter wheat to install miles of gas pipeline. The spreading wealth from gas fields has also benefited Rep. Dan Boren, a Democrat who has deep family ties to the industry - and has acted as one of its best friends on Capitol Hill.
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