Political Quotes

“I say to my friend, the Senator from Delaware, yes. In fact, I view this as an opportunity. I view this as a positive direction as we build out an energy policy that works for the entire country. The Senator's question is specific to my home State of Alaska, an area that is known for its enormous potential with our fossil fuels, our oil, our natural gas, and the opportunities that have been available to a State such as mine where we have the more traditional fossil fuels. But we are also a State that is rich with potential for renewable energy resources whether it is geothermal, whether it is marine hydrokinetic, whether it is ocean energy potential, harnessing the tides, harnessing the waves; whether it is biomass, whether it is wind, which we have abundant capacity for; whether it is solar, which we don't often get a lot of credit for, but, yes, we, too, have solar. So from my perspective as a Senator from Alaska, I am looking to try to find those areas where we can branch out, where we can move the energy discussion to what we are all talking about now, which is an ``all of the above'' policy. In order to truly have an ``all of the above'' policy and to avoid picking winners and losers, as the Senator from Delaware has noted, then it is important that when we talk about how we finance these energy projects--and we all know there are considerable dollars at stake with any energy project--then let's work to provide a level of parity, and that is exactly what this bill does.…”