4 Quotes & Sayings By Sherwood Boehlert

Sherwood Boehlert is a former Republican Congressman from New York and a former chairman of the House Oversight Committee. He was a member of the Committee until his resignation in May 2005. He was one of the most conservative members of the House, and his staunch support for the Iraq War and government-run healthcare led to his being a target of antiwar groups across the country. Boehlert retired from Congress after twenty years in office Read more

Before entering politics, he worked as a lawyer in New York City and earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University.

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Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme. Sherwood Boehlert
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Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome. Sherwood Boehlert
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Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation. Sherwood Boehlert