Political Quotes

“I am trying to figure out who would be opposed to this amendment, so maybe I will just talk my few minutes and go from there. The bill deals with energy, and I am trying to figure out, let's see, energy that goes along in wires would be electrical energy. If it is coal, it is probably on a truck or a train. If it is oil or gas, it is on a pipeline or maybe in a truck, maybe in a boat or barge. But this bill doesn't speak to the transportation of energy, so this amendment is extraordinarily important because it really says that, if you are going to study energy, you better study how you are going to get it to wherever it needs to go. This amendment, being such an important amendment, and so long--let's see, transportation. Wow, not even 15 letters. That is all it does. It simply adds the word ``transportation'' to the study section of this bill, requiring the Department of Energy, as it studies energy, to study how it gets from here to there. That is it. Now, I can go on for another 4 minutes or so, but after doing so, it won't make any difference because we really need to study energy and figure out how it gets to where it needs to go. That is the amendment. Add the word ``transportation'' in it. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”