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Ted Poe: We can't use oil or the petroleum products as a strategic diplomatic tool if we do not update our export oil policies.

On the recordApril 1, 2014
We can't use oil or the petroleum products as a strategic diplomatic tool if we do not update our export oil policies.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Poe emphasizes the need to update oil export policies for strategic use.

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