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On the recordJuly 31, 2019
In 2011, the year after the BP disaster, one-half of this nation's trade deficit, one-half of the entire trade deficit, was attributable to us importing energy from other countries.
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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Highlighting the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on domestic energy production and trade deficit.

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