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Preston Doerflinger, Oklahoma's secretary of finance, speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Doerflinger said that the hole in next year's budget is expected to be about $868 million, or more than 12 percent of state spending, significantly more than Gov. Mary Fallin estimated last week. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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A stock trader follows stock information on electronic screens at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in New York. Gains for banks and travel companies are pulling U.S. stock indexes to record levels on Tuesday. Financial firms are rising thanks to a recovery in bond yields and interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average is closer than ever to the 20,000 mark. Industrial companies continue to build on their recent gains. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Stock trader Mark Puetzer follows stock information on electronic screens at the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in New York. Gains for banks and travel companies are pulling U.S. stock indexes to record levels on Tuesday. Financial firms are rising thanks to a recovery in bond yields and interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average is closer than ever to the 20,000 mark. Industrial companies continue to build on their recent gains. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2008, file photo a Volkswagen Jetta TDI diesel engine is displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Volkswagen is facing a deadline of Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, to tell a federal judge in San Francisco whether it has reached a deal with U.S. regulators and attorneys for car owners on the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles that cheated on emissions tests. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo, people walk to work on Wall Street beneath a statue of George Washington, in New York. Major stock indexes are opening at record levels Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, as banks trade higher thanks to a recovery in bond yields and interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average is closer than ever to the 20,000 mark. Industrial and consumer companies are building on their recent gains. Cruise line operator Carnival is rising after a strong quarterly report. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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FILE - In this May 14, 2015, file photo, the oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer is towed toward a dock in Elliott Bay in Seattle. The rig was the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell was outfitting for Arctic oil exploration. President Barack Obama is expected to order wide swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans placed permanently off-limits for oil drilling, in an 11th-hour push for environmental protection before he leaves office. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011, file photo, Jonathan Byrd holds up his trophy on the 18th green after winning the Hyundai Tournament of Champions golf tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii. With five victories, Byrd had such a productive PGA Tour career that spending any time on the developmental Web.com Tour never crossed his mind. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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FILE - This April 24, 2016 file photo shows the interior of Cleveland's historic, vibrant West Side Market. The market illustrates the city's proud ethnic heritage and melting-pot culture, with vendors like Pierogi Palace and Reilly's Irish Bakery. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

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FILE - This Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. General Motors will temporarily close five factories in January 2017 as it tries to reduce a growing inventory of cars on dealer lots. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, a Volkswagen logo is seen on car offered for sale at New Century Volkswagen dealership in Glendale, Calif. Volkswagen is facing a deadline of Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, to tell a federal judge in San Francisco whether it has reached a deal with U.S. regulators and attorneys for car owners on the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles that cheated on emissions tests. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2016, file photo, Volkswagen AG chief executive officer Matthias Muller speaks in Detroit. Volkswagen is facing a deadline of Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, to tell a federal judge in San Francisco whether it has reached a deal with U.S. regulators and attorneys for car owners on the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles that cheated on emissions tests (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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I'm going to need a larger stocking! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Infrastructure Building by Private Sector Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Clemson guard Shelton Mitchell scores against Alabama in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 6, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller talks to reporters in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma budget writers are bracing for yet another gaping hole to work around for the upcoming fiscal year, the third consecutive year with a significant shortfall. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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FILE - In this , Wednesday, May 11, 2016 file photo, David Blatt, executive director, Oklahoma Policy Institute, speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma budget writers are bracing for yet another gaping hole to work around for the upcoming fiscal year, the third consecutive year with a significant shortfall. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 11, 2013 file photo shows cleanup at the site of a Tesoro Corp. pipeline break that spilled more than 20,000 barrels of oil into a Tioga, N.D., wheat field. The massive oil spill still isn't fully cleaned up three years and three months after it happened. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion. Some say that one of the largest onshore oil spills recorded in the U.S. serves as a cautionary example, especially given a recent pipeline break about 150 miles south and ongoing debates over the four-state Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 11, 2013 file photo shows cleanup at the site of a Tesoro Corp. pipeline break that spilled more than 20,000 barrels of oil into a Tioga, N.D., wheat field. The massive oil spill still isn't fully cleaned up three years and three months after it happened. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion. Some say that one of the largest onshore oil spills recorded in the U.S. serves as a cautionary example, especially given a recent pipeline break about 150 miles south and ongoing debates over the four-state Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File)