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Ed Markey: “Because of your great work, because of the Department of the Interior's great work, because of the work in the private…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
Because of your great work, because of the Department of the Interior's great work, because of the work in the private sector, we are now down to importing only 45 percent of the oil which we consume in the United States.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey praises efforts reducing U.S. oil imports from 57% to 45%.

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