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Kenneth B. Medlock III, James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, testified about crude oil production and energy trade policy before the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Testimony of
Kenneth B. Medlock III
James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, and
Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
To the
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2013