I think it's time for a public/private partnership so that the United States will be not only the place to develop the technology, but the place to implement it and commercialize it.

I think it's clear from this discussion, that we all know we are unbelievably dependent on foreign sources of oil.

The question is whether we let things happen and perhaps do nothing to address these questions, or whether we decide, as a matter of public policy, to make things happen.

in the Bilateral Trade Agreement that we did with China, with whom we have a $260 billion merchandise trade deficit, after a phase-in, the Chinese automobiles, when exported to the United States--and they are coming--will have a 2½ percent…

Nobody knows what ARRA is, in terms of the acronym, but it's the stimulus funds or the economic stimulus funds.

I think that moving toward an electric drive future makes a great deal of sense for our country.

I offered the Buy American provisions in the Economic Recovery Act, and, you know, some of my colleagues had an apoplectic seizure about it.

What is required is coordination and support to push past initial regulatory and financial hurdles.

I think this investment can yield very significant results.

We have before us a responsibility, a necessity to act to put our Nation on a pathway toward once and for all ending our dangerous dependence on petroleum and leaving a stronger, safer America in its place.

the electrification of a large segment of our short-haul transportation is highly cost efficient.

I guess all of you are betting on a future that many of us hope will exist, and it probably will only exist if we understand the need to change public policy to try to lead in that direction, as opposed to sitting around and waiting for…

If the Federal Government could decide it is going to move toward an electric drive fleet it would have a profound impact.

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, February 25, 2010, at 2:15 p.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct an oversight hearing to Examine Tribal…

But, agreement is good news, and that never leads the news.

If we're trying to promote economic recovery here, why would we not make the investment here?

I got a call from the Governor of California, Governor Schwarzenegger, one day, thanking me for my work on hydrogen.

if you build a product and consumers don't buy it, you know, it's not going to succeed.