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John Conyers: “Let's not nationalize the oil companies. We agreed on that. Let's go from shale to coal and let's go into all the…”

On the recordJune 23, 2008
Let's not nationalize the oil companies. We agreed on that. Let's go from shale to coal and let's go into all the alternatives. We are all for that. No suing. Drill, drill, drill. No sue, no sue, no sue. Now we are getting down to the 41 million acres of leased oil, and he knew I was going to bring that up, that have been unused, and I don't know how to make those oil companies drill and find out if there's anything there or not. Maybe they don't want to know. Maybe they do want to know but they don't have the machinery or equipment.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing energy policy and oil drilling during a House floor debate.

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