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On the recordJuly 28, 2021
Then let's--for goodness sake, let's stop subsidizing enhanced oil recovery. It is a boondoggle.
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Sean Casten
Democratic · Illinois

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Casten criticizes subsidies for enhanced oil recovery as ineffective and wasteful.

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