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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Is there not a very real danger of gasoline prices skyrocketing for the average consumer, and what would that do to our fragile economic recovery?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn warns about potential gasoline price increases affecting economic recovery.

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