Iraq plays almost an insignificant role in the energy sources for the United States. But the other countries that we have here, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Mexico, and especially Venezuela, they are key elements in our foreign policy dependency. When changes take place there, when problems develop in those countries, we receive the brunt of it with higher costs for utilities, higher costs for gasoline.
Rob Bishop: “Iraq plays almost an insignificant role in the energy sources for the United States. But the other countries that we…”
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Discussing the impact of foreign energy sources on U.S. policy and economy.
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