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Lisa Murkowski: “The reliability issue, of course, is key. When we talk about secure energy supplies, we know that, today we may be…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
The reliability issue, of course, is key. When we talk about secure energy supplies, we know that, today we may be getting oil from Venezuela and they may be our friends and providing to us, but tomorrow, they may wake up on the other side of the bed and decide that they don't want to do that.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski emphasizes the unpredictability of foreign oil supplies.

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