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Adrian Smith: “Well, I can't make any promises, but certainly as it does speak to economics, there is concern that so much of the price…”

On the recordMay 20, 2008
Well, I can't make any promises, but certainly as it does speak to economics, there is concern that so much of the price of oil per barrel today is based on speculation, that the mere announcement that we would be opening up some domestic sources of petroleum resources, we would be perhaps warning those folks in the speculative world that things may change a bit.
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Adrian Smith
Republican · Nebraska

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Discussing the impact of domestic oil resource announcements on oil prices during a floor speech.

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