Political Quotes

“I agree with the Senator. I think he is absolutely correct. The Senator from Montana knows this as well. The Senator from Montana also has an issue that I will ask him to explain in just a moment--he knows it better than I do--about private property rights, because he negotiated the language in the bill. But responding to the question of the Senator from West Virginia about the environment, that is what is so exciting about this project, so compelling for us to move forward. Not only did the international study that was done say it is in our international interests, of course, to trade with our best and most friendly trading partner closest to us that enjoys the same high quality standard of life that we do and even higher environmental standards, but the environmental study that came in, conducted by the President's own administration-- this wasn't done previously--came back and concluded this is the safest way to move it and it is the most environmentally friendly way to move it, and that is the record. So the Senator is right. Not only does it have a compelling economic argument, but it has a compelling environmental argument from that perspective.…”