In an April 2006 speech to the Senate, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) stated that ” ‘the entrenched oil giants form an ultra-powerful lobby in Washington that is preventing the country from getting serious about developing alternative energy sources to relieve the United States’ over-dependence on Middle East oil.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Antonia Juhasz, The Tyranny of Oil, Page 380