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Chris Wright: “Iranians have been selling oil most of the last 47 years.”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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'Americans can expect continued declines in energy prices': Chris Wright

Published | Video Starts at 07:06

What do you say? This is really a gift to the Iranians and they really haven't given up much of anything. Iranians have been selling oil most of the last 47 years. The first Trump administration crimped that down to only a half million barrels a day. They exported over one and a half million barrels a day during the entire Biden administration, which is what they're going to rebound to today. (07:06–07:12)

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