Bill Lee said "In the Ghanaian language, in the Akan language, there's a term called ``sankofa.'' In order to move forward, we must look back at our mistakes, and I think what you talked about tonight really makes it very clear that we have to understand how we got to where we are so that we don't make those mistakes again, such as you talked about, which was the drilling in the pristine area in Alaska--in ANWR--and all of the proposals that this administration wants to embark upon." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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In the Ghanaian language, in the Akan language, there's a term called ``sankofa.'' In order to move forward, we must look back at our mistakes, and I think what you talked about tonight really makes it very clear that we have to understand how we got to where we are so that we don't make those mistakes again, such as you talked about, which was the drilling in the pristine area in Alaska--in ANWR--and all of the proposals that this administration wants to embark upon.

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Bill Lee

Republican · Tennessee

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the energy crisis and the importance of learning from past mistakes.

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