Byron Dorgan: “this has been entertaining, if not enlightening, to see my colleague get a full tank of indignation in almost a…”

“this has been entertaining, if not enlightening, to see my colleague get a full tank of indignation in almost a nanosecond, on two subjects in fact. Let me cover the first at least. My colleague is a good-natured fellow--I like him--my colleague from Utah. In fact, he didn't get angry at me one day some years ago in a full-scale debate when I said to him, if there were an Olympic event for sidestepping, he would win the Gold Medal by far. In fact, he demonstrated that agility again today by sidestepping this point. The center of our colleague's agitation was he said: You cannot produce any more oil because those leftwingers, those environmentalists, will not let you do it. So I ask, well, how does one explain this then? The Wall Street Journal says the major oil companies are drilling for oil on Wall Street. They are paying down their debt, buying back their shares, and hoarding cash. That is what they are doing with their money. How does one explain that? Did not hear anything, did we? No explanation. My colleague said he was sick--he said three times he was sick. It is interesting, I suppose I have felt sick about some debate on the Senate floor over these years.…”