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Joe Barton: “Currently our oil and gas sector is creating about 9 million jobs a year and sending in taxes more than $30 billion to…”

On the recordMay 6, 2013
Currently our oil and gas sector is creating about 9 million jobs a year and sending in taxes more than $30 billion to the Federal Treasury every year.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton highlights the economic impact of the oil and gas sector.

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