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On the recordMay 19, 2009
A number of factors have contributed to this situation; however, rising commodities prices are clearly capable of prolonging this current recession, foremost on that list being oil.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess identifies rising oil prices as a factor in the recession.

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