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Joe Pitts: “Essentially what we are doing with the crude oil export restrictions is raising gasoline prices in order to subsidize a…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2015
Essentially what we are doing with the crude oil export restrictions is raising gasoline prices in order to subsidize a select group of refiners.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts explains how export restrictions affect gasoline prices and refiners.

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