[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9495]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 BAN BP

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, this is from BP's Web site. It says: 
``Our code of conduct is the cornerstone of our commitment to 
integrity.'' And just what is the code of conduct? The code of conduct 
is: ``We aim for no accidents, no harm to people, and no damage to the 
environment.'' This is from their Web site. Well, BP is zero for three.
  So I ask everyone, Where is the integrity if they don't even meet 
their own guidelines? This has been the worst ecological disaster, and 
we know that they don't have solutions ready when a disaster occurs.
  Now, under our purchasing agreements, we have to have a satisfactory 
record of integrity and business ethics when we grant someone a 
contract. So today I have an amendment to end the $2 billion that we 
purchase each and every year with taxpayer dollars from BP for our 
department. Let's disbar them because they should be banned 
permanently.

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