So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.

In 1992 Wallop was a key force behind passage of the far-reaching Energy Policy Act. He was succeeded by Republican Craig Thomas.

Malcolm Wallop (February 27 1933 – September 14 2011) was a Republican politician and former three-term United States Senator from Wyoming.