[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H4804-H4805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WINDFALL PROFITS TAX

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, while gas keeps going up, oil companies 
keep making excuses. They say the blizzard did it. Spring sprung sooner 
than expected. More people are buying gas guzzlers and, check this one 
out, to try and help us, they waited and waited and waited to buy the 
crude oil at such a low price so they could pass the savings on to us.
  Spare me, Mr. Speaker, the profits of Unocal are up 70 percent; 
Marathon, 180 percent; Phillips, 500 percent. Who is kidding whom? 
These creeps make the Mafia look like choir boys, Mr. Speaker.
  I did not vote for the gas tax. I am going to vote to repeal the gas 
tax. But I also think we should slap a windfall

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profit tax on these turkeys in a heart beat.
  What is next, not enough Americans ride bikes? Beam me up, Mr. 
Speaker.

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