Ted Stevens Quotes (31 Quotes)


    People that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, ... I intend to find out if they're pursuing that activity in our state and I intend to show them that we can fight back.

    The Defense Department is the largest consumer of oil in the federal government. We must develop our resources in the Coastal Plain to ensure we can meet our defense-related energy needs and reduce our dependence on unstable and unfriendly regimes.

    What we are looking at is when the National Guard should be triggered to come into a state to assist, ... We aren't going to mandate it. We are going to ask for a report as to how it should be done and figure out if it is possible to develop a plan for that.

    I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.

    When Katrina and Rita come into it, the American people know what to be scared of, ... I think the American people are asking Why don't we have enough energy' And they're not susceptible anymore to misrepresentations that ANWR is some kind of pristine wilderness. It's empty. It's ugly.


    We're getting into new substances that might have the potential for contamination or exposure, leading to difficulty. I think it's something we ought to explore.

    We ought to wait for the scientists to tell us what needs to be done,

    I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

    To compare the money we have in this bill to fund them (U.S. troops in Iraq) with funding a proposal to deal with virus ... that has not yet become a threat to human beings I think is wrong,

    People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.

    I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.

    Unfortunately, clinically depressed. I've been told that, because I've just been at this too long, 24 years arguing to get Congress to keep its word. I'm really getting to the point where I'm taking on people even in my own party that do things that I don't think is fair. You get to that point where you're challenging your colleagues -- that's not exactly good. I really am very, very disturbed.

    It's an interesting phenomenon, but the first time I had a date with Ann, I double-dated with Bill Rehnquist,

    Three years ago Senator Dan Inouye and I traveled to Ground Zero shortly after the 9.11 attacks. Governor Pataki and Mayor Giuliani met us and brought us up the river to the site. It was a sad and terrible sight, but it was also a proving ground of American strength, courage, and resolve.

    I am a passive investor. I am not now nor have I been involved in buying and selling properties, negotiating leases or making management decisions.

    We need to look into the overall structural relationship between the government and airlines.

    Luke would have been a big help to us as our captain. That was a big loss.

    We feel that we should go with the time suggested by the CBO and that's what we've done, ... I don't know how it's going to come out. John's absolutely right, the first responders need new spectrum, but it's going to take some time to get it to them.

    The stability of some of the nations principally responsible for supplying oil to the United States can no longer be taken for granted.

    I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved.

    I understand one demanded a new football field.

    I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me.

    What we have, however, is an issue that has tremendous impact here at home, and we believe that Americans are starting to feel vulnerable, not just from what is going on around the world but right here in the United States.

    I hope to see if we can get you confirmed before we go home for Christmas.

    Governor Hammond impacted more lives than any other Alaskan who has ever lived. ... He was a public servant in the deepest sense of the word.

    But I could have told you even then, we all knew, he was a fantastic lawyer, just a fantastic brain and capability, and that's what we need on the court,

    I'm sad to say I've been under really tremendous pressure from my side and from the House side to wind this up, and we have wound it up,

    He has done what a head of an independent agency should do. He's tried to obtain the consensus to move forward under the act, but he also agrees that the act has to be revamped and I look forward to getting his advice as we go forward.

    Sen. Ted Stevens, the veteran Alaska Republican, was dramatic in his response. I don't kid people, ... If the Senate decides to discriminate against our state . . . I will resign from this body.

    President Reagan achieved greatness in his life. Some might even argue he transcended it, ... He could not have accomplished this without Nancy.

    There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.


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