Kerry: Senate Holding Our Troops and Hurricane Victims Hostage to Big Oil

[kerrygoddess]

John Kerry: Senate Holding Our Troops and Hurricane Victims Hostage to Big Oil Interests
December 15, 2005

CQ Today reported yesterday that “Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said hurricane disaster relief would be put on the same bill as ANWR - either the budget savings package or on the Defense appropriations bill (HR 2863).”

Stevens chairs the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. “It’s going to be awfully hard to vote against ,” Stevens said. “If it’s in there, maybe people will vote with me on ANWR.”

John Kerry responded today that the Senate is holding our Troops and Hurricane Victims hostage to Big Oil Interests:

“It’s appalling that the United States Senate is willing to hold our troops and hurricane victims hostage to their desperate attempts to satisfy big oil and drill in the Arctic Refuge. There’s no more infuriating example of this Congress putting corporate welfare over the public good. No wonder Americans are fed up with Washington. The American people aren’t interested in selling off America’s wilderness to the Republicans’ buddies at the oil companies. It’s time for Congress to end these backroom special interest deals and instead use the remaining hours of session to do right by our troops and the people of the Gulf Coast who have sacrificed so much.”

LINKS - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1405

[Mass]

1. Excellent from Kerry and unfortunately no surprise from Stevens

[globalvillage]

2. Stevens has no shame.

What an arrogant bastard. He doesn't even try to hide it.
How Senator Kerry can work with these jerks every day is totally beyond me.
Thank God for his family, friends and supporters. I'm willing to bet that without people like us backing him, he would spend a whole lot of days completely pissed off. I know that without him looking out for us and speaking out for us the way he does, that's exactly how I would feel. There is a lot of comfort in knowing that he will continue to keep his promise to us.

Thank you for posting this, KG.

[kerrygoddess]

3. The CQ article

had some ugly quotes, that was just one I pulled.

[globalvillage]

4. Thanks. I just read it.

Tay Tay taught me how to say friggin bastids last weekend, just like a real Masshole (with a PA 'accent').
A timely lesson.