There Is No Free Market In Oil.

There Is A Lot Of Lip Service Paid In This Congress And Downtown At The White House About Family Values And Small Business. Who Better Represents Family Values And Small Business Than The Fishermen And Women On The Oregon And California Coast.

The Crude Oil Market, Unlike Every Other Commodity In America, Is Virtually Unregulated.

To The Contrary, I Believe The U.s. Military Has Already Done All That Has Been Asked Of Them. Saddam Hussein Is On Trial. The Threat From Alleged Weapons Of Mass Destruction Programs In Iraq Has Been Neutralized.

Nor Should The U.s. Military Be Forced To Remain In Iraq Essentially As An Army For One Side Of A Civil War.

About 75 Percent Of The Crude Oil Marketed Here Is Sold Off The Books, And They Are Doing Trades That Would Be Illegal If It Was A Regulated Market, And Of Course They Do Not Want To Regulate It.