[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GAS TAX REPEAL

  (Mr. MARKEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, candidate Dole criticized the 
Clinton administration for allowing the United Nations to permit Iraqi 
oil sales, claiming that offering Saddam Hussein a lifeline to prolong 
his dictatorship is bad policy and bad strategy. It is interesting to 
see candidate Dole suddenly expressing concern over the prospect of 
Iraqi oil hitting the world market. Where was candidate Dole over the 
last 6 months when the big oil companies, like a reckless driver on a 
bet, drove into the year with their inventory needles on empty, passing 
right by any number of global filling stations in an attempt to buy 
cheap oil from Saddam Hussein, who wants to sell the oil to get money 
to buy guns?
  Candidate Dole, did he chide the oil companies for bad policy and bad 
strategy? Did he criticize the oil companies for gouging consumers at 
the pump when the shortages resulted from their corporate 
irresponsibility and sent gas prices skyrocketing? No.

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