Political Quotes

“I call attention this afternoon to an article that appeared in the New York Times. It is entitled ``The Missing Energy Strategy.'' I want to quote it. The paper details what they describe as: Washington's sorry failure to devise a balanced strategy to reduce America's reliance on gulf imports and give itself greater maneuvering room in the war on terrorism and other foreign policy issues as well. I think the paper is correct. We desperately need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and free ourselves from the dangerous influence that leaders such as Saddam Hussein have over the future of American families. Let me refer to the New York Times specifically because they have a mixed message on relief. They are criticizing Washington's sorry failure to devise a balanced strategy to reduce America's reliance on gulf imports. This chart shows a chronology of the editorial position of the New York Times over time. In 1987, they said: Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge . . . the most promising untapped source of oil in North America. They further state: A decade ago, precautions in the design and construction of the 1,000-mile-long Alaska pipeline saved the land from serious damage. They are quite specific. They say that ``precautions in the design saved the land from serious damage.'' They further state: If oil companies, government agencies and environmentalists approach the development of the refuge with comparable care, disaster should be avoidable.”