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Small Step in the Right Direction
Washington
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Today I voted for a good faith
short-term effort to help lower gas prices by immediately making more supply
available to Americans. The legislation directs the Energy Department to
release 70 million barrels of light-sweet crude oil and replace that with an
equal amount of heavy-sour crude.
It is available for release today and is a
swap of one resource for another, providing an immediate release of supply that
can quickly be refined. By providing this boost to supply, albeit small, we
will hopefully positively impact the price of gasoline. Every little bit
counts. I will continue to push full speed ahead in support of compromise
energy policy to wean ourselves off foreign oil and reverse energy practices
that are hurting our economy, national security, health, and
environment.
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