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
If you had a national grid with one operator, you had twenty or even a hundred operators, if you don't have the ability to compel people to observe high standards of conduct, then you run a greater risk.
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,
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.
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,
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.
I don't think anybody should think we're out of the woods yet,
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.
The ideal ratio is one computer to every five students; we are nowhere close to that percentage in a lot of schools in America.
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.
Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington.
Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.
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.
The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. Theyve changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.
By balancing the needs of families and employers, and by extending a safe haven to those fleeing persecution, our immigration policy serves its historic purpose. Freedom and opportunity is the cornerstone of American society, and immigrants continue to embody that freedom.