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John Garamendi: “The bottom line of this: this is simply a play by the oil industry to gather more assets on their balance sheet, at the…”

On the recordJune 20, 2012
The bottom line of this: this is simply a play by the oil industry to gather more assets on their balance sheet, at the expense of the environment and, just as important, at the expense of a real, all of the above energy policy. It's a sad day that we're here debating an energy bill that really doesn't do anything at all to help us meet the energy needs of this Nation. There's nothing in this about renewables. It's unfortunate. {time} 1710
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Jun 20, 2012

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