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On the recordJune 19, 2026
The pattern is consistent: 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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Commenting on oil industry profits amid rising gas prices.

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