Political Quotes

“I want to make my views known on that because it represents a departure from tradition in the Senate of bipartisanship within the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. I believe we can anticipate the Democratic leader and the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will be introducing their bill this afternoon. This will not have any input from the minority. I am pleased, on the one hand, to see finally some acknowledgment by the other side of the aisle that energy is important to our Nation's security and it should be a priority of this Congress. I think it is also important to note--and I ask unanimous consent that the recent poll of the Ipsos-Reid Group be printed in the Record--76 percent of Americans have indicated energy should be taken up as the No. 1 priority of this body. Citizens for Real Energy Solutions Energy Poll Summary--November 14, 2001 95 percent of Americans believe it is 'very' or 'somewhat important' for the government act on energy issues. Only 'security' is a higher priority than energy among voters today.”