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Peter DeFazio: “We can sit here and pretend that if we let out some more leases that somehow this is going to help.”

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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