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
There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made.
The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation.
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.
Our national energy policy will stress the need to diversify America's energy supply,
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 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.