Ted Stevens Quotes

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"The Defense Department is the largest consumer of oil in the federal government. We must develop our resources in the Coastal Plain to ensure we can meet our defense-related energy needs and reduce our dependence on unstable and unfriendly regimes." Ted Stevens
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"The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is 19 million acres, ... The area set aside for oil and gas exploration is 1.5 million acres. Because of advances in technology, only 2,000 acres of that will be needed for production." Ted Stevens
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"We put restrictions on over-the-air signals. I think we can put restrictions on cable itself." Ted Stevens
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"We're getting into new substances that might have the potential for contamination or exposure, leading to difficulty. I think it's something we ought to explore." Ted Stevens
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"American dependence on foreign oil threatens our national security," Ted Stevens
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"I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved." Ted Stevens
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American Politician   

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"He has done what a head of an independent agency should do. He's tried to obtain the consensus to move forward under the act, but he also agrees that the act has to be revamped and I look forward to getting his advice as we go forward." Ted Stevens
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"I've made small investments in these things and some of them have been very successful. Others have been terrible, ... No one ever asks me about the losses, but they have really held up to public scorn the successes, and the scorn covered the people who allowed me to invest with them." Ted Stevens
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"[Sen. Ted Stevens, the veteran Alaska Republican, was dramatic in his response.] I don't kid people, ... If the Senate decides to discriminate against our state . . . I will resign from this body." Ted Stevens
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People   

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"People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget." Ted Stevens
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American Politician   

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"I am a passive investor. I am not now nor have I been involved in buying and selling properties, negotiating leases or making management decisions." Ted Stevens
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"To compare the money we have in this bill to fund them (U.S. troops in Iraq) with funding a proposal to deal with virus ... that has not yet become a threat to human beings I think is wrong," Ted Stevens
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"It's a barren wasteland, a frozen wasteland," Ted Stevens
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"It is a barren, frozen wasteland" Ted Stevens
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"About the A-10s, I'm very upset about that, but the system is declining, ... They have to leave sometime." Ted Stevens
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"He pioneered a new type of access to Alaska lands," Ted Stevens
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"I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me." Ted Stevens
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American Politician    Giving   

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"The stability of some of the nations principally responsible for supplying oil to the United States can no longer be taken for granted." Ted Stevens
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American Politician    Nations   

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"I'm sad to say I've been under really tremendous pressure from my side and from the House side to wind this up, and we have wound it up," Ted Stevens
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"This is no way to treat a state, ... We're a sovereign state." Ted Stevens
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"I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them." Ted Stevens
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