Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is a list of lieutenant generals, vice admirals, major generals, rear admirals, brigadier generals--and all of them real patriots--saying to us: We cannot become more dependent on oil, and as a result of this Murkowski resolution, that is what would happen. How much more do we want to spend on importing foreign oil? We are up to a billion dollars a day, and it is going to people who don't care for us very much, in case you didn't notice that. We want to get off foreign oil. We want to unleash the capital in our own country. And our own businesses are telling us this--that those dollars would come in if in fact we move forward and enact legislation that makes sense. The Murkowski resolution would simply stop us in our tracks. More than a thousand businesses have weighed in against the Murkowski resolution--a thousand businesses. The resolution would eliminate incentives for innovations that could drive a clean energy economy. The Murkowski resolution would send the wrong signal to the American business community. That is signed by an organization representing 850 business leaders. The resolution will jeopardize and hinder progress. That is signed by Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy. Then the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, on behalf of 320 member companies, opposes the resolution from Senator Murkowski.…”