On the recordMarch 28, 2012
The Senator from Louisiana and I can get into a debate about whether taking $4 billion in subsidies away from five oil companies that reported $137 billion in profit last year is going to change the production of oil, but we will save that for another day. This amendment, like others, needs to go through the Senator's leader, and with some understanding as to whether we are going to stay in the energy field or go far afield, as we have in previous bills. I am afraid I am constrained, until that conversation takes place between the leaders, to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Louisiana.
