Political Quotes

“The gentleman's point, I think, is so important to make. The President has already taken twice as long as most Presidents would take to enter into this decision. So he has already had twice as much time. But he is asking for half again as much time to make this decision. And while he can't make a decision--it's like voting ``present'' when you come to the floor to cast a vote, not being able to make a decision, being indecisive on this--while that is transpiring, the United States is looking at 20,000 direct American jobs and an additional 118,000 private sector jobs that would be linked to this project, if the information is correct that I have received. So you are talking about a total of 138,000 direct and indirect American jobs, good-paying jobs that are American products that will produce energy that is right here that we would be getting from Canada and bringing in about 700,000 barrels of oil a day so that we could begin to break the ties that are existing with OPEC and Middle Eastern oil. And I think that it's so important for us to look at this. This is not an issue of taking more time or additional time. {time} 1940 The time is now because we've already spent twice as much time as is generally needed to do the due diligence and to check the process and to make that decision that will move us toward energy independence.”