Political Quotes

“Mr. Reynolds brought out the point, which I would like to emphasize, that providing the financial incentives for a natural gas pipeline is ``like a futures contract to insure a more reliable natural gas supply source.'' Then he went on to say: Congress has the option to assure a future supply of Alaska gas at a reasonable price, and to get that supply on line sooner than markets alone will do it. The effect would be to make Alaska's gas supply less reliant on NLG exporters with less chance for market manipulation. To me, this just hits it right on the head. Consumers are facing increasing prices of natural gas. We have the opportunity to access a reliable supply of energy that will be produced under some of the most stringent environmental standards in the world and we can do it now, before we become dependent on foreign sources. Douglas Reynolds and I are not the only ones who agree with this viewpoint. Recognizing the United States need for natural gas, the Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the Congress last year that natural gas supplies represent a ``serious problem'' to the national economy.”