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Robert C. Byrd: “Should the OPEC cartel decide to further increase the price of oil, it will amount to a new tax on American consumers.…”

On the recordJune 4, 1980
Should the OPEC cartel decide to further increase the price of oil, it will amount to a new tax on American consumers. This tax will not be approved by any of our elected representatives. It will not be challenged in any court.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jun 4, 1980

Editor's note · Context

Speaking ahead of an OPEC meeting on oil prices and production.

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