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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
We can sit here and pretend that if we let out some more leases that somehow this is going to help.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of increasing oil leases to lower prices.

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