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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Repeatedly, my colleagues on the other side of this horseshoe have tried to blame you for the rapidly increasing price of oil.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi defends the Secretary against blame for rising oil prices.

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