Political Quotes

“although we have some significant issues left to decide, we need to close out electricity, climate change, tax provisions, and increasing our domestic production. As I stated in my opening statement, because of the manner in which this legislation has come before the Senate, we have been forced to consider the measure without the benefit of the committee deliberation and action that ordinarily would accompany a bill of this nature. We have had difficult and divisive issues that should and could have been worked out in committee. It is debated here in this Chamber. It is not a question of laying blame on one or the other. The point is, we have to move on from where we are. This bill can only be resolved by the amendment process. Recently, we have seen statements that the Republicans were stalling this bill because we had not offered an ANWR amendment. It is my intention to offer an ANWR amendment this week.”