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* Venezuelan-Owned Citgo Faces Congressional Inquiry For Offering Discounted
Oil to U.S. Poor *

Republican Congressmember Joe Barton of Texas has launched an investigation
into one of the world¹s major oil companies - Citgo. The Venezuelan-owned
company announced a discounted gas program for poor Americans last year.
We¹ll speak with Democratic New York Congressman Jose Serrano, one of the
few members of Congress promoting this effort.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/1513213

We turn now to a story that Juan Gonzalez has been covering in the New
York Daily News.

In Washington, Republican Congressman Joe Barton of Texas has launched
an investigation into one of the world's major oil companies. But he
is not investigating whether any of the oil giants are engaging in
price gouging at a time when gasoline and heating oil casts are
skyrocketing. Instead Barton has set his sights on the only oil
company that actually dared to lower its prices last year - at least
for the poorest Americans. Last week Barton demanded the
Venezuelan-owned company Citgo produce all records, minutes, logs,
e-mails and even desk calendars related to the company's novel program
of supplying discounted heating oil to low-income communities in the
United States. The Citgo program, which began late last year in
Massachusetts and the South Bronx, provides oil at discounts as high
as 60% off market price. We hear an excerpt of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez. He first announced the discounted gas program during an
interview with Democracy Now! on September 16, 2005.

* Rep. Jose Serrano, (D-New York)

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