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On the recordMarch 18, 2015
I think in the 1980s Ronald Reagan issued determinations that crude oil exports to Canada for consumption in Canada are in our national interest.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso references Reagan's support for crude oil exports as a national interest.

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