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Joe Manchin: “Can anybody on the other side here explain why we're still importing so much and how we would go home and explain to…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
Can anybody on the other side here explain why we're still importing so much and how we would go home and explain to well, now we have to export?
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin questions the rationale behind oil imports while considering exports.

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