Political Quotes

“The fact is the Federal Trade Commission is AWOL on this issue. It has sent letters to all of us in the West saying they are concerned about the issue, but they have not been aggressive in standing up for the consumer. I pointed out today that the oil companies ought to be rewarded financially when they take actions that benefit the consumer, not when they gouge the consumer. The consumers today are, in effect, getting fleeced from this unfair subsidy that is in the Tax Code when a profitable refinery goes down. The Federal Trade Commission, in my view, is just going through the motions. I think they hope somehow this issue is going to pass. All of us in the West--a part of the country where there is a very tight supply situation--understand this problem is not going away. I intend to join with the Senator from Nevada in trying to put the heat on the Federal Trade Commission.”