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Marilyn Strickland: “I think his actions indicate that he is happy with the high prices. To say that the answer to the high prices is just…”

On the recordMay 15, 2001
I think his actions indicate that he is happy with the high prices. To say that the answer to the high prices is just for the American citizen to get a tax break so he can then take that tax break, use it to pay these high prices so that the oil companies will get their profits, that is very troubling to me.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the impact of high oil prices on American citizens and tax breaks.

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