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On the recordJune 16, 2026
While Americans suffer from high prices and the Iran War imposes tens of billions of dollars of new costs on the American public, the oil industry wins big.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the impact of the Iran War on oil prices.

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