Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) quotes President Bush stating that oil companies do not need incentives from the government and polls the oil executives on their opinion of this statement.
The four oil executives testifying before the joint committee agree with the President’s comment that oil companies do not need incentives from the government given its high profitability. (0:54)
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