Sheldon Whitehouse said "if you have big oil companies that I think have made $1 trillion in profits in the last--I think it is 5 years, if I am not mistaken, maybe it is 10--$1 trillion in profits, and they are still coming to the American taxpayers' pockets for subsidies? There is something wrong with that whether or not you need the revenue." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013

if you have big oil companies that I think have made $1 trillion in profits in the last--I think it is 5 years, if I am not mistaken, maybe it is 10--$1 trillion in profits, and they are still coming to the American taxpayers' pockets for subsidies? There is something wrong with that whether or not you need the revenue.

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Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic · Rhode Island

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Editor's note · Context

Condemning subsidies for profitable oil companies at taxpayers' expense.

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