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Tim Ryan: I think the Republican Party, after they give the $16 billion in subsidies, will head out to shakedown street, K Street…

On the recordNovember 3, 2005
I think the Republican Party, after they give the $16 billion in subsidies, will head out to shakedown street, K Street, where all the lobbyists are, and they will say, hey, we just gave you $16 billion in public taxpayer money, and average people, middle-class people, people who need LIHEAP, who have high heating costs and everything else, they took that public money, they gave it to the oil companies, the oil companies are going to make tremendous profits and have made tremendous contributions to the Republican Party. {time} 2115
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