[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 72 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         GAS PRICES ON THE RISE

  (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, gasoline is $2.20 a gallon. That is 
right, $2.20. Now, if that is not enough to bust your bunions, Congress 
gives billions of dollars to OPEC countries, and they rip us off. To 
boot, the domestic oil companies are gouging us so bad, we are all 
passing gas.
  Beam me up. I think it is time to tell the OPEC countries, ``The next 
time you are attacked, call BP and Rotary. Don't call us.'' I also 
think it is time to pass H.R. 3902, which imposes a $100 million fine 
for any American oil company that unreasonably gouges us and raises 
prices. Enough is enough.
  I yield back the fact that while Uncle Sam is killing Microsoft, we 
are getting our oil changed big time.

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