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On the recordApril 13, 2015
If we wish to have more power and influence in the world in support of our security interest and in support of our values, and if we wish to have an influence, that we pay for with neither blood nor taxes, I do not see a more constructive approach than permitting the export of fossil fuels.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

McCaul references Larry Summers' argument for exporting fossil fuels to enhance U.S. influence.

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