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Senate Dems Push Back on Oil Reserve Plan

Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter Wednesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright demanding that the Department of Energy halt efforts to establish a regional emergency oil reserve on the West Coast until Congress authorizes such a move.

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