Heidi Alexander said "I think the American people would rather we spend our time saving their jobs during a time of 10 percent unemployment. One way to save American jobs is to stop sending jobs overseas looking for cheap energy, which is what the Democratic proposals have been about this year. It is being written in secret, offered at the last minute, and there will be time for little debate. We have 1 or 2 days at most to work on this bill, and there apparently will be no amendments. So last minute, written in secret, little debate, no amendments, big issue--that sounds a lot like what happened at Christmas with the health care bill. But the question to ask is why have we waited so long on an energy bill?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 27, 2010

I think the American people would rather we spend our time saving their jobs during a time of 10 percent unemployment. One way to save American jobs is to stop sending jobs overseas looking for cheap energy, which is what the Democratic proposals have been about this year. It is being written in secret, offered at the last minute, and there will be time for little debate. We have 1 or 2 days at most to work on this bill, and there apparently will be no amendments. So last minute, written in secret, little debate, no amendments, big issue--that sounds a lot like what happened at Christmas with the health care bill. But the question to ask is why have we waited so long on an energy bill?

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Heidi Alexander

Labour Party

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Editor's note · Context

The speaker criticizes the process of the proposed energy bill and emphasizes the need to focus on American jobs.

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