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Ted Yoho: “There is no reason, with our natural resources--correct me if I am wrong--that we should be importing oil from anybody…”

On the recordMay 13, 2015
There is no reason, with our natural resources--correct me if I am wrong--that we should be importing oil from anybody outside of the Western Hemisphere.
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Yoho argues against importing oil, citing the U.S. natural resources.

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