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W. Todd Akin: The very jobs that we should be encouraging because we're so dependent on foreign oil.

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
The very jobs that we should be encouraging because we're so dependent on foreign oil.
Said by
W. Todd Akin
Missouri
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 2, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the importance of job creation in relation to energy independence.

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