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Don Beyer: “The massive cost that U.S. taxpayers pay every year to defend these shipping lanes included in the price of oil?”

On the recordNovember 2, 2015
The massive cost that U.S. taxpayers pay every year to defend these shipping lanes included in the price of oil?
Said by
Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia

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Beyer questions whether taxpayer costs are reflected in oil prices.

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