Political Quotes

“I say from this side of the aisle that we welcome the decision not to challenge the bill so that we can go forward. The points the Senator made are well taken. Our Nation's trade deficit this year will exceed $300 billion. We consume oil from other places around the world. As sure as we are meeting here today, some of those billions of dollars we are paying for oil from other sources-- including from places where people do not like us very much--are surely going to fuel the kind of terrorism which happened 3 weeks ago this morning for a whole host of reasons. I pledge to work with my friend from Oklahoma and others on the Energy Committee to get this legislation moving and out of committee. There is a lot on which we can agree. ANWR may be one. On some points we disagree. A lot we can agree on. We need to do that and move. I really want to say this morning a word or two with respect to the Defense authorization bill as it pertains to our strategic defense capability. The tragedy of 3 weeks ago this morning left many dead. There are a number of uncertainties that grow out of those attacks: Who planned them? Who executed them? Who funded them? Who supported them? Who harbors the terrorists today? How will we respond? Amid those uncertainties, there are a number of things we know for sure.…”