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Bill Delahunt: “Can someone explain to me, anybody, why the oil companies, that had revenues in the last quarter of some $100 billion…”

On the recordNovember 3, 2005
Can someone explain to me, anybody, why the oil companies, that had revenues in the last quarter of some $100 billion, each and every one of them saw huge increases in terms of their net profits, why they need subsidies?
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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