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Bart Stupak: “In response to the last speaker, this bill does not target mom-and-pop grocery stores. You have to sell half a billion…”

On the recordMay 23, 2007
In response to the last speaker, this bill does not target mom-and-pop grocery stores. You have to sell half a billion dollars of gasoline products. Secondly, the record high prices of oil that we are seeing was not under Jimmy Carter. It was under Ronald Reagan in 1981.
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Bart Stupak

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Defending a bill related to gasoline sales during a debate.

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