Lisa Murkowski: “We're too dependent on our oil imports from the OPEC countries, and…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012

We're too dependent on our oil imports from the OPEC countries, and we're too vulnerable to the price instability in the global market.

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Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski highlights the U.S. vulnerability due to reliance on OPEC oil imports.

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Lisa Murkowski: “We're too dependent on our oil imports from the OPEC countries, and we're too vulnerable to the price instability in the…”