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On the recordJuly 22, 2008
The President of the United States announced that we would be -- a week or so ago that we would be lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling. The price of oil dropped $10. We need to drill offshore.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain attributes the drop in oil prices to the lifting of the ban on offshore drilling.

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