We use 21 million barrels of oil a day, and only have the refining capacity for 16 million on a good day, ... And after Katrina and Rita, we haven't had many good days.
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We have between 1 to 2 million barrels of day of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico that's been shut down because of the hurricane, ... I think a very good case can be made today that some retailers have taken advantage of that and have begun to gouge the American people.
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The president will make a decision to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the next couple of days.
Joe Barton
Our country needs more oil refineries because the people who work for a living need gasoline to get to work, ... These are the people who earn paychecks and buy groceries and pay their bills, including their taxes. That means they use gasoline every day. They need it, and they need it at a price they can afford to pay.
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We can be responsible ... or we can throw caution to the wind and basically have the U.S. Treasury spend over 10 (billion) to 12 billion if everybody took advantage of the program.
Joe Barton
I can only guess at the excuses that will be offered by people who profit by engaging in an obvious fraud, by invading personal privacy, and by assisting criminal behavior.
Joe Barton
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