Political Quotes

“It indicates that when the U.N. officials left the site, the Iraqis pumped an additional 230,000 barrels of crude oil into the tanker and provided a bill of lading for the additional oil to a company called Roundhead Incorporated. This was repeated again on the 27th. The estimated revenue that has come into Iraq is indicated to be between $1 and $2 billion in additional revenue as a consequence of these activities. We know this cheating is going on. We are about to face the reality that the price of oil is going to be increasing as OPEC recognizes the vulnerability of the United States. I want to share one more thing with the Senate. This is the foreboding reality of the future. Some of us around here remember what happened in Iran a little over a decade ago. The fall of the Shah. The Shah fell. How did he fall? He fell in a revolution that occurred as a consequence of the unrest in that country at that time. I would suggest that the record would note that the same set of circumstances are very much in evidence in Saudi Arabia today. You may recall the Greek myth about Cassandra, who had the ability to predict the future, combined with the curse that nobody would believe her. When it comes to energy, I am beginning to feel somewhat like Cassandra. I have come to this floor week after week pointing out the peril of our current energy situation and the looming disaster that is our energy future if we simply maintain our current course.”