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On the recordDecember 6, 2021
I want to discuss our own complicity in contributing to the financial engine powering Putin's destabilizing behavior, our addiction to Russian oil in the United States.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights U.S. reliance on Russian oil funding Putin's actions.

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