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Joe Barton: Would you agree that if we were to let our domestic oil potentially be exported, that it would, at a minimum, keep…

On the recordJune 1, 2015
Would you agree that if we were to let our domestic oil potentially be exported, that it would, at a minimum, keep prices from going up on world markets?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions Secretary Moniz about the impact of lifting the oil export ban.

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