Political Quotes

“Make no mistake, if the amendment of the Senator from Delaware is adopted, the Senate will go on record in support of a failed energy policy that rewards the price fixers in OPEC and the military ambitions of Saddam Hussein. The Department of Commerce has indicated that our 56-percent reliance on foreign oil threatens the national security. One out of two barrels is imported. Our growing dependence on imported oil will mean 30 giant supertankers loaded with 500,000 barrels of crude oil will dock in this country every single day of the year. That is more than 10,000 ships a year. That is surely an environmental disaster waiting to happen. America has the highest environmental standards and laws in the world. By increasing energy imports, we are simply exporting environmental problems to other countries. Former Senator Mark Hatfield said, 'I would vote to open up that small sliver of ANWR any day, rather than send American boys overseas to risk their lives in a war over oil.'”