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Eliot Engel: “Then what would be the benefit to the taxpayers who are taking this kind of risk if in fact, we are getting more oil but…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
Then what would be the benefit to the taxpayers who are taking this kind of risk if in fact, we are getting more oil but we are then exporting more oil as well?
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel questions the benefits of increased oil production if it leads to more exports.

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