Political Quotes

“If I could ask for the attention of my friends. The reason I so wanted have this 1 minute even though I am not asking for a rollcall vote is because I want to make clear what we are doing in this underlying bill. This is the only time in the history of the Senate that we have given such a big hug and kiss to a private company--any private company, American or foreign. My amendment simply says that if TransCanada breaks the rules related to any permit they have--for example, there is an oilspill and they don't follow the oilspill plan or they don't handle hazardous waste in the right way--a whole list: They use the wrong steel. It is dangerous. They are dangerous to their workers. It doesn't matter what they do, under the underlying bill, S. 1, they can never lose their permit. We don't do that for any other company, let alone a foreign special interest company that is going to take this oil and siphon it right out of America. There are 35 permanent jobs. A trail of misery follows the tar sands. I am not going to ask for a rollcall vote because I get the writing on the wall. I would hope we would have a voice vote, and I would urge my folks to yell a ``yes'' if they can. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.”