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Joe Barton: “It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2018
It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Barton clarifies that the proposed legislation will not alter the core mission of the SPR.

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