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On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
I would say given their multibillion dollars in profits--I think they have almost a trillion dollars in profits over the last 10 years--I would say they don't need the incentives to drill.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona
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Grijalva asserts that the oil industry does not require subsidies due to high profits.

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