Political Quotes

“If I may respond to my good friend, the Senator from West Virginia, first, we are both aware of the fact that the President did support opening ANWR. He would have signed an energy bill with ANWR in it. Clearly, the intent of the amendment, had it passed, was that the proceeds would go for the steel legacy fund--a significant portion of it. I know the Senator from West Virginia wanted an ironclad commitment from the White House. I simply share that had we passed the amendment, we would have identified the funds as flowing to the steel legacy as compared to where we are today, which is we are talking about a 1-year proposal with an authorization only and no identification of funds. It seems to me we were much better off previously, had you accepted the deal. Had it passed, that is where the funds would have gone.”