Posted on 03/17/2005 7:46:55 AM PST by Pikamax
Teamsters Hail Bipartisan Senate Vote Supporting ANWR Oil and Gas Development Wednesday March 16, 2:31 pm ET
WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is an official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa: For the past four years the Teamsters Union has been a part of a growing grassroots and lobbying effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development. Working with a coalition of labor unions, native Alaskan groups and energy independence advocates, we have succeeded in winning multiple votes in the House of Representatives in favor of opening ANWR.
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Over the years we have also succeeded in winning over the public opinion of the American people. And finally, today we succeeded in winning the bipartisan support of the United States Senate. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) was a tireless leader in this fight for the citizens of Alaska and working men and women across America.
For the Teamsters the primary motive for our support of this effort has been constant and singular -- job creation. But the benefits to opening ANWR will extend beyond the Americans it will put to work and the growth it will create in the nation's economy. Today's vote marks a move toward energy independence and will finally allow the 75 percent of Alaskans who support opening ANWR -- including the native peoples who actually live in the refuge - - to develop their own lands in an environmentally responsible manner.
The Teamsters will continue the fight to open ANWR until we have succeeded. We look forward to putting this prolonged national debate behind us and getting to work at developing the resources in ANWR and providing energy for the people of the United States.
Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Wonder if they'll let the Marines park nearby ;)
Hey, it's the working people checking in. Aren't these the people the Dems love so much? So shouldn't they be happy?
Bi partisan ? Does that mean two democrats voted with the republicans?
Dusty Harry's Gotta hate it when those special interest worlds (that make up the Dem Party) collide.
No. Bipartisan means THREE democrats voted with the Republicans:
Democrats that went against party line
Akaka--Hawaii
Inouye--Hawaii
Landrieu--Louisiana
Notice how Hoffa seems to go way out of his way to avoid giving any credit to President Bush, and to any Republican outside of Ted Stevens?
Sunday Morning ought to be fun!!
Spin for the Union. I remember a Chris Matthews interview with Hoffa. Hoffa said that Kerry told him that we would "drill like never before." I knew it was a lie, the democrats knew it was a lie and the teamsters knew it was a lie.
And the Teamsters still supported Kerry, probably to the point where they were among those mobs of thugs that shot at or stormed into GOP offices all over the country prior to the election, destroying property and roughing up campaign workers. This is one group of "allies" that I prefer not to have, thank you very much.
In 1980, when Congress created ANWAR, Section 1002, where we want to drill was specifically set aside FOR OIL EXPLORATION!
After the ANWR drilling was stripped from the final bill, Hoffa went back to Romancing the Drone. During this campaign season (on Chris Matthews' show I believe it was) he claimed that Kerry supported drilling the ANWR and every other bit of waste ground for oil. Kerry was probably for it before he was against it, but like the weather in Scotland, if you don't like his words, wait a few minutes.A match made in ANWRWith the Senate scheduled to begin debating the administration's energy bill this week -- including its plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the president is expending a great many kilowatts of his own energy to guarantee its passage. His partner in this oily scheme is none other than the Teamsters Union. Yes, the very same Teamsters who endorsed Al Gore and who, in the last election cycle, funneled 93 percent of their PAC donations to Democrats... Ever since Teamsters president James Hoffa worked his wiles on a number of key Democrats, and convinced them to support the House version of the energy bill, which passed last summer, things between the union and the GOP have been getting hot and heavy... The week before the State of the Union address, Hoffa and company hosted a lavish reception for Speaker Denny Hastert and 30 of his closest House Republican frat brothers. It was the first time the Teamsters had ever honored a Republican leader at their Capitol Hill headquarters... In another show of devotion to their newly beloved, the Teamsters.. ad, which proudly bears the Teamsters' union seal, claims that Kerry supports drilling off the coast of Florida... in fact, he voted against it. It also distorts his position on drilling in Alaska... "The truth is," Kerry told me, "investing in renewable energy sources will create a lot more jobs than drilling in ANWR. The Teamsters ought to be fighting for the jobs of the future, not the jobs of the past." ..."Clearly, we can explore ANWR without harming the environment," claimed Hoffa -- a statement that, along with the bunk he and his cronies are peddling about Kerry, shows that this is a man who is willing to do and say pretty much anything to curry favor, and cannot, therefore, be trusted.
Arianna Huffington
March 4 2002
Now if we can find a way to bust up the unions! May I suggest a 155mm self propelled howitzer, using the anti personel shells!
They found his body and he can still talk?! And just like the rest of the dead he votes democrat I'm sure
On a more serious note. This wasn't a bipatisan bill. This was a republican bill that three rats were smart enough to see was for the good of the country
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