April 23, 2012

Cracking Down on Oil Market Manipulators

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At a time when instability in the Middle East is contributing to rising global oil prices that impact consumers at the pump, it is critically important to give American families confidence that illegal manipulation, fraud and market rigging are not contributing to gas price increases. . .

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