Spencer Abraham Quotes


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. - Spencer Abraham



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. - Spencer Abraham



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. - Spencer Abraham



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. - Spencer Abraham



We want fewer 'Washington knows best' solutions and more people at the local level making education decisions for America's children. - Spencer Abraham