Political Quotes

“I want to explain that we have here from the Congressional Record the fact that the hearing was held on the Alaska natural gas pipeline. The committee concluded hearings to examine the status of proposals for the transportation of natural gas from Alaska to markets in the lower 48 States, and on legislation that may be required to expedite the construction of a pipeline from Alaska. After receiving testimony from--and it lists well over a dozen people, including the Governor of Alaska, whose testimony I read into the Record today. So this was shortly after September 11. We all had a lot of things on our minds, and I know how heavily involved the Senator from Oklahoma was on matters that leadership was involved in. Maybe he missed this, but this was an extensive hearing that took a long time.”