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  • Hillary Clinton: Administration Should Prevent Fuel Price Gouging

    08/31/2005 6:45:35 PM PDT · by kddid · 58 replies · 1,189+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | Sept. 1, 2005 | NewsMax.com
    NEW YORK - President Bush should act to prevent oil price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. "I would hope the administration uses the legislative tools at its disposal to make it very clear they're going to prevent any kind of price gouging and profiteering because of this disaster," said Clinton, D-N.Y. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday the administration would release oil from federal petroleum reserves to help refiners affected by the hurricane, which has devastated the Gulf Coast. The move is designed to give refineries a temporary supply...