[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8458-8459]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         BP: BANNED PERMANENTLY

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, the initials BP used to stand for British 
Petroleum. But now it stands for Burying People--or Burying Precious 
natural resources--under a vast sea of oil. But here's what BP, a 
serial abuser of our safety, our environment, and our legal system, 
should really stand for. BP: Banned Permanently.
  Today, I ask my colleagues to end any and all Federal oil drilling 
leases for BP and begin an immediate civil and criminal investigation 
to examine the existing leases under BP. Almost a month into one of the 
worst manmade

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environmental and economic disasters, BP has worked harder to minimize 
public understanding than to minimize destruction to the Gulf of 
Mexico. There's plenty of finger-pointing from BP, their $62 billion in 
profits, and their multimillion-dollar team of lobbyists. What BP 
should hear from us, the American people, is simple: BP stands for 
Banned Permanently.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in demanding that Interior Secretary 
Salazar tell ``Banned Permanently'' they've made their last dollar from 
the American people.

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