Political Quotes

“I have today a bizarre example of the unthinking impact of conflicting Federal regulations on other conflicting Federal regulations and the fact that so often our bureaucracy simply does not think out the consequences of what it does. Recently, I was in the Tri City area of east central Washington and was discussing his business with the manager of a Unocal fertilizer plant in the city of Kennewick. He brought to my attention a fairly recent message that he had received from the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has written to everyone with various kinds of facilities in ports from California through the State of Washington, warning them about potential terrorism, pointing out that the base of the explosive at the Oklahoma City courthouse disaster was fertilizer, and telling the manager of this fertilizer plant how important it was to guard against terrorism, to guard against outsiders getting into the facility and engaging in terroristic acts. Well, it was oratory in nature and did not suggest any particular things to do. I do not think it suggested anything that the plant was not already doing.”