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Ed Markey: This is a very important hearing, and because it focuses upon what became a consensus after the first oil embargo, which…

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
This is a very important hearing, and because it focuses upon what became a consensus after the first oil embargo, which was that it was critical for the United States to not have American produced oil be exported to foreign countries.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the importance of maintaining U.S. oil for domestic use.

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