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On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
I believe that I would rather be dependent on Mexico and Canada than Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield expresses preference for North American oil over Middle Eastern and Venezuelan oil.

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