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James Traficant: “Government investigators said, and I quote, there is no conspiracy by petroleum companies to raise gas prices in…”

On the recordMay 8, 2001
Government investigators said, and I quote, there is no conspiracy by petroleum companies to raise gas prices in America. Unbelievable. Who is kidding whom here? Gas prices are over $2 a gallon, and, in addition, it just seems every weekend they just raise them 25 cents a gallon just for the sake of it. Mr. Speaker, if that is not enough to flatulate your rectangle, the oil companies announced that gas prices will hit $3 a gallon this summer. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker; those so-called government investigators are either on the payroll of those oil companies or they are smoking dope. I yield back the biggest rip-off in the history of the United States of America.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing rising gas prices and government investigations into oil companies.

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