Political Quotes

“We will have the opportunity to look at this closer, as the Senator from California suggests, tomorrow. We have talked about this in the past. This is extending that May 30 date to the end of the fiscal year. As you know, everything that would be an amendment adopted on this would expire at the end of the fiscal year. So it is just an extension of that time. Because by their own admission, the EPA has not had time to listen to the concerns of the farmers. And I am talking about farmers in both of your States there as well as my State of Oklahoma. As far as making the determination as to where the oil might go, I think we all know that would be a very difficult thing to do. There has been an effort for quite some time to take the word ``navigable'' out, which would open it to anywhere. So I think perhaps tomorrow we will have time to get into this. I really wanted to get it in the queue. I have done that, and we will have a chance tomorrow. I thank the Senator.”