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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Four Senators have put out a plan as a bill that lays out a pathway to reducing our consumption of oil by over 8 million barrels per day.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses a bipartisan plan to reduce oil consumption significantly.

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