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Search results for "Iran has 15 days until its oil industry begins full shut-ins"

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Christi Craddick stated on December 12, 2020 in a tweet:
Says that the oil and gas industry comprises 35% of the Texas economy.
By Brandon Mulder• December 22, 2020
Rick Perry stated on November 22, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate:
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 23, 2011
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden “just announced on CNN he will completely shut down drilling for oil and natural gas on day one of his administration.”
By Tom Kertscher• March 20, 2020
Stephen Hayes stated on December 28, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal."
By Jon Greenberg• December 31, 2014
Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference:
"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018
Americans United for Change stated on June 11, 2010 in a TV commercial:
"Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."
By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2010
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Diesel prices jumped from $1.69 to $3.19 since Biden took office, and the president is to blame.
By Eric Litke• March 17, 2021
Tammy Baldwin stated on September 28, 2012 in debate comments:
On Iran sanctions
By Dave Umhoefer• October 14, 2012
Lynn Westmoreland stated on September 11, 2015 in press release:
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct."
By Nancy Badertscher• October 13, 2015
The Gateway Pundit stated on June 01, 2021 in a blog post:
Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 17, 2021
Tom Cotton stated on March 09, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
By Louis Jacobson• March 16, 2015
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Mary Landrieu stated on May 04, 2010 in an interview on CNN:
"In the last 10 years we've only had 7,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Gulf ... not counting hurricanes. This well is spewing that amount every day and a half."
By Catharine Richert• May 13, 2010
Orrin Hatch stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on the Fox Business network:
"We get 30 percent of our oil from the Gulf (of Mexico)."
By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2010
Barack Obama stated on May 27, 2010 in a press conference at the White House:
"The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived."
By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2010
NextGen Climate Action Committee stated on August 08, 2014 in TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
By Amy Sherman• August 15, 2014
Ron Johnson stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
By Laura Schulte• March 29, 2022
Joe Biden stated on March 08, 2022 in a speech:
The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• March 9, 2022
Sarah Palin stated on September 06, 2008 in a radio address:
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
By Alexander Lane• September 15, 2008

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By Molly Moorhead• March 22, 2012

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