Political Quotes

“Kind of the Phil Donahue of southern Louisiana. [Laughter] But let me just say to all the people in this great State, a State in which I used to work, and in an area, this one, an area in which I used to work, that we have just come from signing a very important piece of national legislation. I signed the national energy strategy bill. And those who work in the oilfields and do either drilling or production or the service work should know that the IPAA has just suggested that the legislation we signed will result in 45,000 more jobs in the oil patch next year and many more rigs running. That brings us to a major difference that I have with the Clinton- Gore ticket on this question of energy. Senator Gore was quoted in California--and I don't have, I didn't write down the exact quote, but it is going to be played verbatim with his voice tomorrow--that he thought the ban on offshore drilling that exists in California should be extended to all the coastal waters of the United States. Audience members. Boo-o-o!”