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I think we have to ask this administration, and the President specifically, about using their political capital now to stand up for the American consumer who is getting clobbered by these gasoline and oil prices. ↗

— Ron Wyden

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When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help them. When Texas boomed with rising oil prices in the 2000s, it contributed to the union to help harder hit regions. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

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The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast. ↗

— George Osborne

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Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

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We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

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I don't think anyone can speculate what will happen with respect to oil prices and gas prices because they are set on the global economy. ↗

— Ken Salazar

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Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check. ↗

— John W. Snow

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Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let's use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems. ↗

— Pete Domenici

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Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

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