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Eddie Bernice Johnson: The real reason we are here today is that it is an election year, and this hearing is another installment in the losing…

On the recordApril 16, 2012
The real reason we are here today is that it is an election year, and this hearing is another installment in the losing campaign to pin the Nation's escalating gasoline prices on President Obama.
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Eddie Bernice Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Johnson criticizes the political motivations behind the hearing on gas prices.

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