Political Quotes

“I really hope in this particular case the Senate will follow the leadership of John Chafee, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. I think it is not the right way to go about amending the Endangered Species Act, to attack it on every type of bill that comes before us. It is not the right way to govern. I wish to read what the amendment says: Notwithstanding any other law, for fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Endangered Species Act shall not apply with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army at Fort Bragg, NC. Well, if everybody carved out their territory, we would not be doing much to preserve the species that we really have an obligation to preserve. Today, in the hearing of the Environment and Public Works Committee, we spent about 4 hours debating the Endangered Species Act. Many people do not realize that the drug taxol, which is the hope for those with ovarian cancer and breast cancer, came from a plant called the yew tree. Many people do not realize that the hope of finding cures for all kinds of dreaded diseases lies with these plants, these exotic plants, sometimes very simple weeds.”