President George W. Bush calls for a change in energy policy: “I know energy policy is very important, and we spent a great deal of time with Jimmy and Ed talking about how to get a good energy bill out of the Congress. It’s an energy bill, by the way, that is needed more than ever, particularly given the fact that there’s been some threats recently by Saddam Hussein that he’s going to try to cut off energy supply to affect the United States. I mean, what more reason do we need than to have good energy policy in the United States, to diversify away from somebody like him?”
– Transcript, “President Calls on Senate to Act on Terrorism Insurance Legislation,” George W. Bush – White House Archives online, Accessed on 7/7/2016