Political Quotes

“I refer my colleagues to an incident that has perhaps occurred without the knowledge of those who are lamenting that our dependence on imported oil has been relieved somewhat because prices are down. I call to the attention of my colleagues the fact that oil is now at a 6-month high. It is over $24.50 a barrel and going up. It is the highest in 6 months. This is caused by the cartel called OPEC and its commitment to maintain a price level somewhere between $22 and $28. They do that by addressing the supply of oil on the world market. Another very significant event occurred yesterday. This event was the response of Saddam Hussein to a request from the United Nations that inspectors again be allowed into Iraq. Saddam Hussein in effect told us to take a hike. He refused to allow inspectors into his country. We have not had inspectors in there in over 2 years. What does this mean? It is in the eyes of the beholder, but clearly he has made his call. The next call has to be made by our President and the U.N. Are we going to force our inspectors to go into Iraq? What are the circumstances surrounding this issue? One can conjecture that if we look at bin Laden, at the al-Qaida, we will wish we would have taken action prior to what occurred in association with the terrorist attacks on New York at the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the situation we are in of fighting terrorism. Could we have initiated an action sooner? We could have, but we didn't.”