Political Quotes

“Let's bring this issue that you just raised right back to this Chamber in the present moment. We have voted here three times, I believe, on what are called programs for energy conservation. One of them was called cash for caulkers. We had the cash for clunkers, which really helped the auto industry. And we decided, well, let's try something, cash for caulkers, which is exactly what you talked about. It's about bringing about energy conservation. And in doing that, two good things happened: we're employing people. Taking our tax dollars. Get this back up here. We don't have conservation on here, but if we were to add conservation, taking our tax dollars instead of giving them to the coal and the oil companies, give it to men and women in the communities that are doing the insulation, doing the window caulking. As that is done, homeowners and renters see their energy bills drop.”