Political Quotes

“Absolutely. It is my intent to speak on this amendment I offer with Senator Dorgan and then lay it aside. My hope is we can work something out. I know Senator Collins and Senator Levin are working on something and desire to work with you, as well. If we bring it up now, we can start the discussion on it and work something out. I see Senator Bingaman. He has been so thoughtful throughout the process as well. Mr. President and colleagues, the reason I have come to the floor today is because oil prices per barrel are now at an all-time record high. If you scour this legislation, it is hard to find anything in it that would provide relief to the American consumer any time soon. It is my hope as we go forward with this debate, at a time when prices are in the stratosphere, that we work in a bipartisan way and at least provide some help in this legislation for the consumer who is getting clobbered by these historically high costs. What especially concerns me is it seems to this Member of the Senate that the Federal Government actually makes the problem of high oil and gasoline prices worse every day. Every single day, the Federal Government, through its policies, is compounding the problem the consumers are seeing at the pump because it has been the policy of the Federal Government to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at the worst possible time--when prices are at record-high levels.…”