[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              BIG OIL COMPANIES GOUGING AMERICAN CONSUMERS

  (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, for months, big oil companies have been 
averaging 350 percent profits. Averaging 350 percent.
  And after all that, finally the EPA says, and I quote: We suspect 
gouging by the big oil companies.
  No kidding, Sherlock.
  The truth is these stumbling, bumbling, crepitating nincompoops at 
the EPA could not find buffalo chips in bottled water.
  Beam me up.
  It is time to pass H.R. 3902, that slaps a $100 million fine on oil 
companies that gouge American consumers. Mr. Speaker, money is all they 
understand.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back a message to the OPEC countries. The next 
time they are attacked by Saddam Hussein, call UNICEF, not Uncle Sam.

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