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On the recordJune 3, 2008
every study--every study--points to lost jobs and higher energy prices, higher gasoline prices, whether it is the Heritage Association or the National Association of Manufacturers. I have looked at study after study after study. I have read the books and visited with experts around the country and around the world, and everything I am seeing and reading takes me in that direction, and that is that gas prices will be going up and jobs will be lost.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Discussing the impact of energy policies on jobs and gasoline prices.

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