Oil execs not sworn in to testify today.

[deminks]

Oil Company Execs Defend Huge Profits

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/congress_oil

WASHINGTON - The chiefs of five major oil companies defended the industry's huge profits Wednesday at a Senate hearing where they were exhorted to explain prices and assure customers they're not being gouged.

Democrats had wanted the executives to testify under oath, but Republicans rejected the idea. "If I were a witness I would demand to be put under oath," said Sen. Daniel Inouye (news, bio, voting record), D-Hawaii. The soaring prices have sent shivers through a Congress worried about political fallout.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., made the issue personal, noting that the executives were reaping multimillion-dollar bonuses on top of multimillion-dollar salaries as "working people struggle" to pay for gasoline and face the specter of soaring home heating bills this winter. "Your sacrifice appears to be nothing," Boxer told the executives.

[DeepModem Mom]

1. They didn't want a picture similar to the one of tobacco executives --

and there should have been one.

[Roland99]

2. I thought I heard my local news say Sen. Stevens was behind it.

Behind not making them go under oath, that is.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Of course they never

go under oath if they're in Bush's pocket. I get so tired of this nonsense. They should be under oath just like any other person would be. If I was testifying before them would I be allowed not under oath? Hell no.

[ComerPerro]

4. Wouldn't suprise me

[spanone]

5. Just like Bush* & Cheney....the truly rich do not testify under oath.

[Roland99]

6. It's not the being rich part...it's the perceived positions of power.

[CatholicEdHead]

7. I saw that on NBC Nightly News tonight

and it really pissed me off.