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John Shimkus: “The conversations we have had all point to the release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve causing prices to go down 4…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
The conversations we have had all point to the release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve causing prices to go down 4 cents a gallon for, you know, a maximum amount of time of a week or so.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus discusses the temporary price reduction effect of releasing oil from the reserve.

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