Political Quotes

“I request 5 minutes. I see the Senator from Wyoming, who is going to rebut the arguments made by the Senator from Maryland. So I will take 5 minutes, and then the Senator from Wyoming will have all the time he wants within the framework. First, I will say that I have great respect for the Senator from Maryland. He is an excellent debater, and we just saw the skills of his debating. But I want to put some things on the record that show he is absolutely, completely wrong in his assessment and statements, as respectfully as I can. He is completely wrong. First of all, this is the environmental statement. It is printed, it is done, it is finished, and it was finished in January of this year. This is the fifth environmental statement. So anyone who comes to this floor on the Democratic side of the aisle--because no one on the Republican side will say this because they are all in unity with a group of us to build this pipeline--they are wrong. It is factually incorrect that the environmental studies have not been completed because I have it in my hands. This is the fifth. Let me say what the result of this environmental impact statement by the Obama administration--not by the Bush administration, not by a former Republican administration, but the current, Democratic administration--concluded. People at home who are listening can get out their computers and their pens. This is what this study says.…”