Christine Whitman
Christine Whitman
Christine "Christie" Todd Whitmanis an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New Jersey's first and, to date, only female governor. She was the second woman and first Republican woman to defeat an incumbent governor in a general election in the United States. She was also...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 September 1946
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I emphasized to members of the European community that I continue to be as optimistic as the president that, working constructively with our friends and allies through international processes, we can develop technologies, market-based incentives and other innovative approaches to global climate change.
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Billions of dollars have been spent to subsidize sprawl. It's not about no-growth. It's about control.
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When you're dealing with people who think that Sponge Bob Square Pants is more important than social security, you have a problem.
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We have communities where the entire community is under water, literally to the eaves of buildings.
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We now have approximately 30 states where there are 40 different proposals on limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. The worst thing in the world for business in this country is a patchwork quilt of regulations and standards. They want one standard. That's when they can make the kind of investment that will get us where we need to be.
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I don't think we'll get to the protocol without mandatory caps.
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I'd be crazy not to consider it, but I'm not counting on that,
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None of us wants to leave this world in worse shape than we found it,
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My goal for next year, ... is to have at least one week a month where I spend every night in my own bed.
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I have standards for performance, and I'm clearly not getting anywhere near them today. . . . I can play better than this.
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I firmly believe that the agency's findings that the air quality was safe were correct.
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It looks as if it should be a very smooth process, and we're certainly hopeful for that,
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It's a nightmare for any business. We need one standard nationally.
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It's hard to get people to pay for changes they may never see,