On the recordMay 16, 2001
From all indications, the Bush-Cheney energy plan that has been developed in secret is basically pro-drilling, pro-nuclear, anti-consumer, and as the gentleman from Oregon has so well mentioned, anti-environment. I have had a number of my constituents say to me, well, why is Bush so anti-environment? Why is the President this way? Why is he leaving the issue of what kind of an energy policy we should have primarily to the oil companies and the oil interests? And the answer is that he and the Vice President are captive. They are the oil companies. They are the oil interests. They are the special interests. We know that big oil gave $3.2 million to the Bush campaign and $25.6 million to Republicans overall; and other sectors of the energy industry have been similarly generous.
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