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On the recordJune 6, 2017
Why should we be a U.S. territory buying oil from Venezuela that is bolstering up a regime that is not friendly to this country?
Said by
Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the reliance on Venezuelan oil for U.S. territories.

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