Political Quotes

“I acknowledge the very good work of my friend, colleague, and neighbor to the south of us from Washington State, Senator Cantwell. She has been a partner throughout this 2-year process we have been engaged in as we have tried to formulate and format a renewed energy policy for this country, something that has not been done in close to a decade. We acknowledged early on that there were going to be policy differences we each have, given where we come from and some differing views, but we were committed to working together to work through the thorny issues, to work toward consensus, not only that she and I could come to but our whole committee and, ultimately, the Senate. We were successful in doing that. I also acknowledge the good work of Senator Cantwell's staff, as well as my staff, on the Energy Committee. These folks have been working tirelessly for 2 years, but more immediately--and when I say tirelessly, pretty much 24/7 for the past several weeks, in trying to get us to a point where instead of talking about what might have been in an energy bill, being able to stand in front of my colleagues and tell them these are the policy changes that we will now see placed into law.…”