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On the recordApril 20, 2023
leading up to the election, you, as the Secretary of Energy, and this Administration released massive amounts of oil--over a million barrels a day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso criticizes the administration's oil release from reserves.

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