Spencer Abraham
Spencer Abraham
Edward Spencer Abrahamis an American politician who was a United States Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001 and the tenth United States Secretary of Energy, serving under President George W. Bush, from 2001 to 2005. Abraham, a Republican, is one of the founders of the Federalist Society and a co-founder of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. To date, Abraham is the last Republican to serve as a U.S. Senator from Michigan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 June 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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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,
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pushing to import more than 200,000 foreign workers a year to take good American jobs.
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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.
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We have been very concerned over the level of storage, but it has been going better over the last two months. The problem has been mainly on the gas side,
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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.
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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,
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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.
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If we face an exceptionally cold winter, it could put a strain on our capabilities and we might face new price hikes,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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meeting our responsibilities as good stewards for the land, the air and the water.
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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,