We can free ourselves from this tanker transported oil if we simply choose to develop our domestic resources.
Jim Costa: “We can free ourselves from this tanker transported oil if we simply choose to develop our domestic resources.”
On the recordMarch 23, 2009
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Emphasizing the need to develop domestic oil resources instead of relying on tankers.
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