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On the recordSeptember 12, 2012
Some of the opponents of our current market-based energy policy keep harping on the fact of the scarcity issue.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Joe Barton critiques opponents of market-based energy policies regarding resource scarcity.

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