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Ron Wyden: “I think the consumer is about to get hit by a perfect storm with the combination of failure to push OPEC... plus filling…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2004
I think the consumer is about to get hit by a perfect storm with the combination of failure to push OPEC... plus filling the strategic petroleum reserve. With these factors coming together, it seems to me a perfect storm is going to push the consumers' gasoline price at the pump to $3 a gallon.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about rising gasoline prices due to OPEC and refinery cutbacks.

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