Oct 19, 2009
The GSEs have been in trouble for 4 years. If you are just looking at it now, it is too late.
Jim Bunning
The Public Record
Jim Bunning is a former United States Senator from Kentucky, serving from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bunning was known for his strong conservative positions and advocacy for fiscal responsibility. Before his political career, he was a professional baseball player, notably a pitcher in Major League Baseball, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Bunning's tenure in the Senate included a focus on issues such as energy policy and workers' compensation reform, often criticizing the Department of Energy's handling of compensation programs for workers.
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Oct 13, 2009
Being from Kentucky, since we produce 95 percent of all of our electric power from coal-based or coal-fired generation...
Oct 13, 2009
I've always said that's absolutely needed if we're going to get from here to where we want to get to.
Oct 13, 2009
It will bankrupt our industries, cost Americans jobs and cause energy prices to skyrocket.
Oct 13, 2009
If I have heard it once, I have heard it ten times, from not only the Secretary of the Treasury but the head of the Federal Reserve, that there are institutions in this country that are too big to fail.
Oct 13, 2009
The costs will be disproportionally shouldered by the states that have more carbon based resources than other states.
Oct 13, 2009
In these tough economic times it is irresponsible and reckless to enact legislation that would have such a small effect on global warming while imposing substantial costs on all American households.
Oct 13, 2009
Efforts to reduce carbon emissions through the imposition of strict federal mandates as outlined in a cap and trade system are nothing more than a national energy tax.
Oct 7, 2009
It has been over a year since the creation of your agency, yet you still do not have an Inspector General.