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Ed Markey: “The oil industry is pushing to reverse four decades of law prohibiting the export of American crude oil so that our…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
The oil industry is pushing to reverse four decades of law prohibiting the export of American crude oil so that our crude oil can be shipped to China.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey criticizes the oil industry's push to lift crude oil export bans.

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