So this gentleman, no longer employed, conceded the point which you have been making during the course of this debate, that these oil companies are really cheating the Federal Government, the taxpayers of this country, because they are using our public lands and not paying a fair royalty payment for the oil they are extracting and selling at a profit.
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Discussing oil companies' royalty payments during a debate.
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