Political Quotes

“What I say to my friend from Alaska is, we understand there are always things that can be improved and we will certainly look forward to working with the Senator, and Senator Stevens, as to how we can improve this amendment, but in the near future I hope we can vote on this issue. If there is anything that the Senator needs or believes is appropriate to improve it, we can work at the staff level and then with the principals. We will be happy to do that. I say to my friend from Alaska, for whom I have the greatest respect, this is quite interesting. I wish Nevada had the choices that Alaska has today. That is, this bill is going to give Alaska something. It is a question of how much. It is a question of whether Alaska is going to get ANWR and this pipeline or just get the pipeline. But there is no question that Alaska, after this legislation passes, is going to have the hope of a significant number of new jobs. As the Senator from Alaska knows, I do not favor ANWR and we are going to have a debate relatively soon on that.”