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W. Todd Akin: And we have oil right under our feet and we're saying no, you can't drill for that stuff. And gasoline is $3-something a…

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
And we have oil right under our feet and we're saying no, you can't drill for that stuff. And gasoline is $3-something a gallon, and we're not even drilling for the silly oil that we've got. Now let me add one thing that gets me even more fired up, and that is, you go north, north of Louisiana where it's cold--we're talking out in the ocean outside Alaska. You've got foreign countries that are drilling on what is basically our coastal plain and they're drilling for oil. And here we are paying $3-something, and we're not drilling for any of this stuff. I mean, isn't this weird?
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Mar 2, 2011

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The speaker is addressing domestic oil drilling and rising gasoline prices.

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