Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. This issue of studies, this issue of blue ribbon commissions, it doesn't address the actual fact that price is very much dependent on supply. That's the testimony that we have received. If we have 1 million barrels of oil coming into this country from our own resources, American resources, we know from testimony at the hearing that it will impact price, testimony at the hearing that said the west coast of this United States would have to import less, that it would reduce the price at the pump in California. We don't have time to create commissions that don't actually relieve the American consumers' pain at the pump. They're paying for it now. I too represent farmers, businesses that are paying $3.50 a gallon--they were paying higher just a few weeks ago--and none of them have come to me and said, you know, I wish you could study whether or not high prices are impacting me or not. I wish you could study whether American production will actually reduce the price at the pump because they know intuitively that increased supply--American energy resources, when we develop them, will add to our supply, and it's a function of supply and demand. We have the opportunity in this country to create American jobs. I ask for a ``no'' vote on this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Hochul). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”