Political Quotes

“I have waited my time in the queue this evening because I wanted to take a few minutes to speak not only about the importance of this Energy bill we are poised to vote on tomorrow, but to acknowledge those who did I think yeoman's work in getting us to where we are. As my friend from Oregon has pointed out, this is not a perfect piece of legislation. He and I would disagree on certain areas of it. But I think when we look at the work product of what we do in the Senate, the day that we come to complete agreement--complete agreement--on all aspects of legislation we move forward, I think we will have all lost our collective senses. We will always find room to improve our legislation. We will always find room to make something better. We need to look at where we are at this point in time with the Energy bill we have before us. As was pointed out earlier this evening, we have not had an energy policy updated or presented or worked through this Congress for 13 years. Thirteen years is a long time to be floating without a specific policy, a specific policy direction, particularly in an area that is as important as energy. I had the opportunity yesterday to address a group of a couple hundred young people in a junior statesman-type forum. It was an opportunity for me to speak on the subject of my choosing.…”