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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The reason why I question that testimony is because we have the same fluctuation from $19 a hundredweight in February…”

On the recordAugust 26, 2009
The reason why I question that testimony is because we have the same fluctuation from $19 a hundredweight in February, 2004, through July, 2005, and then back down to $12 by December, 2006.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Gillibrand challenges the explanation of price fluctuations.

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