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Ed Markey: It's not the Obama administration holding back more domestic production, it's the oil companies that are currently…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
It's not the Obama administration holding back more domestic production, it's the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes oil companies for not utilizing available offshore resources.

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