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Alan Simpson: “I said that. I said that the reserves could easily be $2 trillion by 2010. I want the record to be absolutely correct.…”

On the recordJune 7, 1996
I said that. I said that the reserves could easily be $2 trillion by 2010. I want the record to be absolutely correct. Nobody needed to palpitate on that.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Discussing projections for reserves during a floor speech.

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