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
We want fewer 'Washington knows best' solutions and more people at the local level making education decisions for America's children,
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.
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.
It will focus on conservation as well as production.
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.
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,
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.
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.
pushing to import more than 200,000 foreign workers a year to take good American jobs.
If we face an exceptionally cold winter, it could put a strain on our capabilities and we might face new price hikes,
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.
meeting our responsibilities as good stewards for the land, the air and the water.
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.
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.