Political Quotes

“to quote part of what Governor Freudenthal said: I am not urging continued inaction. The lack of a federal plan essentially paralyzes the other players, both private and public sector. The problem at hand is enormous. Climate change does not wait for us and we cannot afford to delay. I have had many conversations with the good Governor, and let me tell you why he is upset. The West has got problems. In my friend's own State, the average temperature rising in the Colorado River Basin, which stretches from Wyoming to Mexico, is more than double the average global increase. So his State is facing real problems, and essentially he gets up here, and has every right, and reads off the National Association of Manufacturers' talking points. I thought the West was independent. I am a little stunned. We are hearing the same things now over and over: Raising gas prices. Let us look again. Under George W. Bush, we have had a 250-percent increase in gas prices. Where was my friend when we tried to do a windfall profits tax and give back the money to his poor working people he is crying about today? He wasn't with us on this. He has never been with us on this. The fact is, we know if you look at this administration's own charts, not the National Association of Manufacturers', we will lower gas prices, because clearly we are going to have other technologies--other technologies.…”