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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There is overwhelming unanimity that we must act in this fashion if we are to keep our economy strong.
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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.
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We will do this by the securing, removing, relocating or disposing of these materials and equipment - whatever the most appropriate circumstance may be - as quickly and expeditiously as possible,
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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.
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It will focus on conservation as well as production.
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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.
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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.
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We want fewer 'Washington knows best' solutions and more people at the local level making education decisions for America's children,
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They don't like me because I believe legal immigration should not be abolished,
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The reserve is not there to simply try and change prices,
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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.
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Well, the responsibility for maintaining a reliable transmission grid is one that's shared by an awful lot of players who have a role in the grid: Companies that either generate and transmit energy or just play the role of being the transmission systems or monitoring them.
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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.
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The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in their own communities. The siting decisions and the permitting is done at the local level, or by state governments if it's interstate in nature. And federal government - this is one area we have no authority.