Political Quotes

“But there is plenty of evidence out here and plenty of support out here that the polar bear population is not threatened. There is a healthy population of 25,000 worldwide, I think. And contrary to the gentleman's remarks about it being in America, it's globally, that population; and that it has been carefully studied, and that the permits that are issued generate funds for Native North Americans as well as funds to help sustain the polar bear population. I think what this debate is about, and I can't question, certainly, anybody motives, but I can tell you what I got here. I got an announcement that said: ``This recorded vote will be scored on the 2007 Humane Society scorecard.'' So I look at the information that I see, and much of it is source from that Web page, which I happened to have printed as well. But I think the debate is a broader debate than the debate of the welfare of the polar bear. I think this debate is about, and I am going to broaden this, ``the incremental implementation of global vegetarianism.'' That's the big picture.”