Spencer Abraham Quotes (30 Quotes)

Scholars and historians have dubbed the last 100 years the American Century, and I think there can be little doubt that the Council on Foreign Relations helped to make it so.

We do have a lot of energy security issues that go to the critical energy infrastructure and the needs that we have in order to make sure we can take certain kinds of steps that are required now that have to be acted on, ... And I would be very disappointed if they couldn't get acted on in the balance of the session so I am hopeful we can find a way.

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, followed just a few years later by East Germany's Soviet parent state, it appeared that after a half-century of hair-trigger tension, America's major security fears would ease.

pushing to import more than 200,000 foreign workers a year to take good American jobs.

Thousands across America are glued to their web cast to hear this. And actually, I've never met one human being who said that they had seen one of those.

Our national energy policy will stress the need to diversify America's energy supply,

It has become clear that an even more comprehensive and urgently focused effort is needed to respond to emerging and evolving threats. ... Moreover, we are prepared to spend the resources necessary to guarantee success,

This confirmation is also a victory for the nominee, President Bush, and, most of all, the U.S. Senate. Finally, it is a victory for the U.S. Supreme Court which will be led into the 21st century by a brilliant, principled Chief Justice.

But we will need more funds, and heightened international cooperation, to finish the job. ... We hope there will be universal participation in this. By not only returning fuel from our own country (but also Russia's), we hope to set an example others will follow.

World energy supplies are more than adequate to compensate for any disruption, ... The response by OPEC and major producers like Saudi Arabia, and if needed, our large strategic stockpiles, will ensure that our economy will have the ample supply of energy it needs.

It will leapfrog the myths that stifle change, ... rejecting the notion that there is no middle ground between environmental protection regardless of the cost and energy exploration regardless of the impact.

Ninety-five of the 105 recommendations are ones that the executive branch can implement, and we have been implementing them, ... We've done the things we can do as an executive branch. Now we have to finish the job at the Congress.

There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made.

I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least.

And we intend to do it not just through more supply, but also by balancing supply with conservation, with traditional energy sources against renewable and new sources,

I have authorized these negotiations in response to the physical disruption of offshore oil production and imports in the Gulf Region caused by Hurricane Ivan's destruction,

I have considered whether sound science supports the determination that the Yucca Mountain site is scientifically and technically suitable for the development of a repository, ... I am convinced that it does.

Well, I think we should look at all federal lands and determine where, in an environmentally sensitive fashion, we can produce more energy and then consider on a case-by-case basis what makes sense, ... At end of the day, I think that we can balance the environment and our energy needs.

Many significant Energy Department issues face us at this time, ranging from the adequacy of supply, to affordability, to the development of new technologies, to the issue of security at our facilities and more, ... I look forward to helping the president-elect effectively address these challenges in the days ahead.

The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.

We want fewer 'Washington knows best' solutions and more people at the local level making education decisions for America's children,

If we face an exceptionally cold winter, it could put a strain on our capabilities and we might face new price hikes,

To the extent we make ourselves more dependent on imports, we put ourselves a little under the gun, ... Hopefully the Senate will take note of Iraq's decision today and act accordingly.

Instead of waiting until the shortages get so acute that prices go through the ceiling and people across America confront blackouts and other shortage-inspired problems, let's start on it now with the president's comprehensive plan and we can avoid those difficulties,

I think it's important for the United States to be less at the mercy of foreign countries and their decision-making and politics, and more under our own control to address these problems,

The information released today will only confirm that it was indeed a balanced plan that not only sought but included all viewpoints, ... It assures the American people that it was an open and appropriate process.

It will focus on conservation as well as production.

meeting our responsibilities as good stewards for the land, the air and the water.

I've spent five years in the Senate, and we haven't had that kind of leadership in the White House, ... We've had poll-taking and not enough action.

The Cold War was over. The global standoff between superpowers was at an end. The world saw America and the West triumphant, freedom preserved, and the promises of Marx and Lenin and Stalin discredited.