Political Quotes

“it has been a great week for the most influential, the most well-heeled lobbyists in Washington. Earlier in the week the House passed an energy bill which one very prominent leader of this country called the ``no lobbyist left behind'' bill. This energy legislation was full of benefits for oil companies, for natural gas companies, and for electric utility companies. As I said, it was a great week for some of the most well-heeled, most influential lobbyists in Washington. The energy policy started with bad process as Vice President Cheney convened a secret group of energy lobbyists to draft the administration's energy plan. Citizen after citizen, group after group have tried to find out who attended these meetings with Vice President Cheney, what was discussed, and what they were all about. Vice President Cheney refused; but we should not be surprised that he would bring energy executives into the Vice President's office to secretly write an energy bill. After all, Vice President Cheney himself was an oil company executive, or should I say still is. He still receives $3,000 a week from Halliburton, one of the major energy companies in the United States.”