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Peter DeFazio: “I have proposed taxing oil by the barrel, with the idea that some of that tax could flow upstream to the OPEC cartel.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
I have proposed taxing oil by the barrel, with the idea that some of that tax could flow upstream to the OPEC cartel.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio discusses his proposal for an oil tax to address funding issues.

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