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Byron Dorgan: “I think the price of fuel in this country is a pretty tough pill for the American people to swallow. What has happened…”

On the recordApril 10, 2000
I think the price of fuel in this country is a pretty tough pill for the American people to swallow. What has happened is the price of gasoline has spiked up. It is not because the free market has caused that. It is because we have a cartel called the OPEC countries that are limiting production and increasing the international price for their product. That is not the free market. That is monopoly pricing.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of OPEC on gasoline prices during Senate debate.

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