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Ernest F. Hollings: You have been in the business 30 years. If you went to an oil conference to try and export your oil and all of a sudden…

On the recordMarch 2, 2004
You have been in the business 30 years. If you went to an oil conference to try and export your oil and all of a sudden foreign delegations were taking over the majority of the activities and the speakers and everything else, we are going to import the oil and put you out of business down in Texas, after 30 years' experience, you would do something about it, wouldn't you?
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Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Source
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Mar 2, 2004

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Senator Hollings emphasizes the impact of foreign delegations on American businesses.

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