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Tim Scott: “The lifting of the ban could add up to $1.8 trillion to the U.S. economy.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2015
The lifting of the ban could add up to $1.8 trillion to the U.S. economy.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Highlights potential economic benefits of lifting the crude export ban.

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