Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before Senator Shaheen and other Senators leave, I wish to say how disappointed I am, because energy efficiency is so good for this country, and they have stopped it because they want to repeal the Clean Air Act. Let's call it what it is. It is really a sad state of affairs. I was so looking forward not only to the debate on energy efficiency, but, frankly, the debate on the Keystone Pipeline, which my Republican friends say is a major priority. If they felt it was a major priority, why have they filibustered this bill when we could have made that deal which they came up with in the first place? So I am very disappointed. I hope we will have another chance to pass this bipartisan energy efficiency bill that Senator Shaheen and Senator Portman worked so hard on. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.”