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On the recordMay 24, 2011
Congress cannot continue to allow American consumers to bear the brunt of our energy policies, which grant oil companies massive tax deductions in exchange for the privilege of reaping an unimaginable profit from extraction from the earth.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Kucinich criticizes energy policies benefiting oil companies at the expense of consumers.

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