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On the recordJuly 16, 2013
our dependence on foreign oil has fallen from 57 percent at the end of the Bush Administration, to 36 percent in 2013.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio highlights the reduction in foreign oil dependence under President Obama.

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