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Ed Markey: “So you don't make your own independent evaluation, it is an EIA determination as to whether or not the price of gasoline…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
So you don't make your own independent evaluation, it is an EIA determination as to whether or not the price of gasoline is likely to go up because of this increase in consumption?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Senator Markey questions the reliance on EIA for gasoline price predictions.

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