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Henry Waxman: “I don't think that the small businesses and the students and people that are of modest means or seniors can endure…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2009
I don't think that the small businesses and the students and people that are of modest means or seniors can endure another $4-a-gallon gas price problem.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman expresses concern about rising gas prices affecting vulnerable populations.

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