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.
Murkowski emphasizes the unpredictability of foreign oil supplies.
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