Political Quotes

On the recordMay 10, 1995
I am going to describe in a moment the dilemma that a person like myself is in, because there clearly is an urgency to act for those 15 to 20 communities which had formed an alliance using flow control and committed themselves to these major environmentally and public health protecting measures. But it wounds and offends me that in the same action where we are protecting the past, we are unnecessarily closing off the future for those communities which today, and certainly in a few years, will be exactly like those that have taken advantage of flow control in order to develop these more environmentally and public health protecting measures.
Said by
Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of flow control on communities and environmental measures.

Share

More from Lindsey Graham

Jun 21, 2026

If the plan envisions the Sunni Arabs – yes, if the Sunni Arabs do it. Can you imagine if Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates invest $300 billion in Iran? That would tell me that Iran has changed.

cbsnews.com
Aug 12, 2026

The chance of another 9/11 just went through the roof.

cbsnews.com
Aug 5, 2026

Michelle Childs is incredibly qualified. There's no affirmative action component if you pick her.

cbsnews.com
Aug 5, 2026

A cyber attack against the United States would be an act of war, and we shall respond in kind.

cbsnews.com

Other voices in this conversation