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Rush Holt: “I think it has come out quite clearly in the testimony today that oil prices are much more a function of what OPEC does…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
I think it has come out quite clearly in the testimony today that oil prices are much more a function of what OPEC does than a function of the rate of issuing oil drilling permits.
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Rush Holt
New Jersey

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Holt emphasizes OPEC's influence on oil prices over domestic drilling permits.

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