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James Traficant: “Reclaiming my time, here is what I am trying to tell the Congress. We have 300 years of oil trapped in shale rock. If we…”

On the recordMarch 22, 2000
Reclaiming my time, here is what I am trying to tell the Congress. We have 300 years of oil trapped in shale rock. If we put Americans to work, we would not be dependent on monarchs and dictators. And we are still playing around now 20 years later, but they are not only the villain, OPEC. Nobody's investigating these domestic oil companies who ripped us off before. I do not feel comfortable with what they are doing now. And I think, I say to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton), what bothers me is this may be the only real instrument we have. How can I vote against a report and how can I go against the judgment of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) and the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Gejdenson)? I am going to vote for it.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing domestic oil production and dependency on foreign oil during a House floor debate.

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