What is the position of the United States regarding the law against OPEC as a monopolistic agency?
The position of the Administration is OPEC has behaved very responsibly at least in my time in office, and I have direct experience with them. They have behaved very responsibly, attempted to provide sufficient quantities of oil to the market. Such as the demand is satisfied, and to the extent that they have been unable to do so is not because they have not tried. So, I can speak for President Bush and I can speak for the Administration. We feel that OPEC has been very responsible and doing their best to do the right thing. Q: Do you think that the law will pass in the Congress? A: I do not want to speculate on what Congress might or might not do. I do not sense a great interest on the part of Congress in pursuing such a law. I do not frankly think that it is being taken very seriously in the United States. Q: Here, people are afraid that there is a substitute for oil as a source of energy. Where do we stand on this? A: Let me take a step back. For the first time in 15 years, we were a
