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Carl Marlinga: “You can never produce enough at home to offset what [OPEC…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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Democrat candidate for Congress Carl Marlinga talks oil, inflation and abortion

Published | Video Starts at 14:41

I mean, it helps in a very, very short run because OPEC has said that if we, if we boost our production, they will cut theirs. I mean, they, they have the monopoly worldwide. You cannot balance it out. You can never produce enough at home to offset what [OPEC is] doing to us internationally. You got to basically say, we're done. We're done with oil and gas. I mean, look, there's always going to be some need for some oil, some gas. (14:41–14:48)

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Asserts that U.S. domestic oil production cannot offset OPEC's international influence.

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