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Elissa Slotkin: “The oil companies are still extremely, extremely cautious…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 05:48

The US Government is going to move that oil into the United States and we're going to help sell it and we're going to hopefully make some profit off of that. The only problem is The oil companies are still extremely, extremely cautious and sort of suspicious of this plan. These plans to invest in Venezuela would involve them investing a ton of money up front and just hoping that long after Donald Trump leaves, they're going to make a profit. (05:48–05:56)

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Asserts that oil companies are wary of the U.S. government's plan for Venezuelan oil.

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