Political Quotes

“Our constituents today are under a lot of stress because of the high cost of energy, gasoline prices, heating bills this winter. And Vermont, and I congratulate Vermont. Seventy-three percent of their electricity is powered by nuclear energy. Seventy-three percent. That compares to 19 percent in all other States. So I congratulate y'all. Nuclear energy is a source of very cheap energy, very cheap electricity. It could really wean us off our dependency on foreign oil. I would appeal to the Vermont delegation, both Mr. Sanders, Senator Sanders, yourself, we need more nuclear power plants. And we would just urge our representatives from Vermont to stop voting 'no' and allowing other States to have a source of low-cost energy. So just on a personal basis, I'd appeal to you. Now we find ourselves in a very serious situation, a crisis--it's not too strong a word--in America. We have high food prices. We have high energy prices. And many of our citizens are under stress in paying their mortgages.”