Political Quotes

“the purpose of my addressing my colleagues today is to question just what kind of energy policy is supportable in this country as a consequence of many of the leading opinion makers and newspapers relative to just how we go about addressing our energy crisis. It might get the attention of the Chair to recognize that California alone, which has received an awful lot of notoriety, clearly has a crisis. It can probably best be addressed by indicating that in 1998 Californians spent $9 billion for energy--electric energy. In the year 2000, they spent $20 billion. In the year 2001, it is estimated they will have spent somewhere between $65 and $75 billion. It is not really necessary to say much more. If that is not an acknowledgment of that being a crisis, I do not know what is. What I find frustrating is the inconsistency of just how we are going to get out of this crisis.”