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Tammy Duckworth: “The narrative that more leases would decrease today's gas prices and immediately help secure energy independence from…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2022
The narrative that more leases would decrease today's gas prices and immediately help secure energy independence from Russia is also a false narrative.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth disputes claims that increasing oil leases will quickly lower gas prices.

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