"Each day this legislation is not considered is another day consumers remain unnecessarily at risk

"Each day this legislation is not considered is another day consumers remain unnecessarily at risk of another blackout."
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.
On legislation aimed at preventinga blackout like the one last year.
"I hope after this speech you leave with a hopeful -- a sense of hope about the future of this country. "
President Bush
Speaking to students at Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina.
"[It] had to be the ball game."
Ralph Nader
Independent presidential candidate, surmising that the NCAA championship game played a part in the low turnout for a petition-signing rally intended to make Oregon the first state to qualify him for the '04 ballot.
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