James Traficant: “I want to look at the bill from a different perspective. British-owned BP Amoco has 14,000 outlets in America; Motiva…”

“I want to look at the bill from a different perspective. British-owned BP Amoco has 14,000 outlets in America; Motiva Enterprises, owned by a Dutch company has 14,000 outlets in America; Citgo, owned by a Venezuelan company has 14,000 outlets in America. FINA, a French company, has 2,500 outlets in America. Beam me up. All that is left in America is Budweiser flatulence at a Dodger's game. Mr. Speaker, this sellout of America is ridiculous, and I believe America will continue to depend on foreign petroleum until we maximize our own resources. Having said that, I want to commend the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) and the Republican Party because in the 1970s, there were long lines. The Democrats were in control, and we are now debating it in 2001. Evidently they did nothing, nothing but reward monarchs and dictators. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) for putting my Buy American amendment in the manager's bill, and I urge Congress to pass my oil shale, oil trapped in shale rock amendment. There is enough oil trapped in shale rock in America to fuel America for 300 years without another drop of fuel from anybody. Yes, it will cost a little more per barrel now, at first; but it will create jobs, tax revenues, reduce our dependency on foreign oil, make America free, get us out from under dictators and monarchs that have been rewarded by a do-nothing Congress in the 1970s. I support this bill. No bill is perfect.…”