WASHINGTON – The plea came in a letter from a group of U.S. senators to
nine big oil companies: With huge increases in winter heating bills
expected, the letter read, we want you to donate some of your record
profits to help low-income people cover those costs.
The
lawmakers received only one response. It came from Citgo Petroleum
Corp., the U.S. based refining arm of state-run Petróleos de Venezuela
(PDVSA). The chief executive of Citgo wrote to the senators that the
company is “studying potential plans for ongoing, sustained assistance
programs in the United States with the goal of lifting our neighbors in
need to an improved quality of life.”
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